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>and it would be wonderful if the U.S. could return to being viewed as "the good guys" The window that this occurred in is much smaller than many people realiz
by accountyaccount 9y ago
>and it would be wonderful if the U.S. could return to being viewed as "the good guys"
The window that this occurred in is much smaller than many people realize. You need to go back in time a little, but not too far back — also, only look at our actions abroad and mostly ignore how we treated certain people domestically. From the outside looking in, the US has mostly kind of been the "eh, okay I guess?" guys. Or the "good by contrast guys."
- smoyer 9y ago"The window that this occurred in is much smaller than many people realize" Maybe the default position for all governments (and people?) should be "they did something good at this instant in time". It's kind of sad to view the world that way but probably safer than swallowing the revisionist explanations that are usually offered up.
- accountyaccount 9y agoI think it's helpful to overlay a lot of American history with a timeline of not-so-great things that were happening at the same time. For example, the american revolutionary war was an important event... but also we had slaves (some who were forced to fight), it fractured many indigenous tribes, and the first presidential election 10 years later only allowed male landowners to vote.