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From the comments: > Another article that shows that American exceptionalism is a myth. We can be so much better and we have so much to learn from the rest of t
by a3n 10y ago
From the comments:
> Another article that shows that American exceptionalism is a myth. We can be so much better and we have so much to learn from the rest of the world.
America probably was exceptional at some time in the past. Now, among modern western countries, we are merely an exception.
- gerbilly 10y agoAmerica was exceptional in that it had tons of 'free' land to grab. That is of course no longer the case.
- Nomentatus 10y agoThat land also held most of the gold that the world hadn't already mined yet, on that land. Quite seriously, this was an immense economic advantage almost into modern times.
- zebraflask 10y agoThe exception that just happens to start wars whenever we feel like it?