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It is absurd to take extreme practices done by others and use them as evidence of our own character. Much of the pro-US propaganda points out bad things about
by grandalf 11y ago
It is absurd to take extreme practices done by others and use them as evidence of our own character. Much of the pro-US propaganda points out bad things about other nations or their leaders (note the recent "Why are China's cities flooding?" headline in the Economist) as a way of making Americans not question their own way of life.
- jonknee 11y agoObviously, but the OP was doing exactly this with: > "Perhaps they do not make others seem quaint in comparison." All I was saying is that there's a pretty high bar for awful behavior by world leaders.