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Talk with any patriotic person and you'll quickly notice that American exceptionalism relies on comparing the United States to the worst countries in the world
by vmception 5y ago
Talk with any patriotic person and you'll quickly notice that American exceptionalism relies on comparing the United States to the worst countries in the world and ignoring the existence of other developed nations. Eventually followed by "well at least we can talk about it, unlike <authoritative country where people disappear>" and so therefore all indiscretions must be absolved and ignorable since we have the "unique" ability to criticize the government at all, which isn't unique or exceptional or a well implemented vehicle of change.
- danaris 5y ago...or, worse, when a comparison with another developed country is brought up, its successes are simply rejected as the result of eeeeevil socialism, which destroys freedom, don't you know.
- vmception 5y agoor a generic assumption of high taxes in a completely different tax system, while not understanding their own tax system
- BLKNSLVR 5y ago"Yeah, well Liberia also rejected the metric system".
- VWWHFSfQ 5y ago> and ignoring the existence of other developed nations I mean, Germany and France literally criminalized name-calling and teasing on the internet. They actively compel social media websites to delete posts and comments that make fun of people, or make them feel bad. USA doesn't exactly have the highest moral ground, but it has some higher moral ground for sure. So what exactly is USA supposed to learn from these other developed nations?
- Jensson 5y agoA big difference is that USA puts you in jail for years for relatively minor things like possessing drugs. Europe might have laws banning some things USA doesn't, but the laws USA has are so much more oppressive since the American justice system and police are much less lenient.
- newfriend 5y agoOr maybe different populations of people value different things? If you value DUDE WEED over free speech, feel free to move to your Euro paradise.
- Jensson 5y agoYou don't have free speech in USA, your government put people behind bars who airs their dirty laundry. Governments imprisoning people who dig up evidence that they are corrupt is definitely not free speech. I have never seen or even read about anyone guard their speech against governments in my country, speech is essentially free in most of Europe, UK and German are exceptions.
- torbTurret 5y agoDo you think a higher moral ground is more represented by providing free healthcare or by the allowance of insults online?