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I’m always fascinated when people compare down. Are you proud your sports team isn’t on the bottom of the ladder? Or would it actually be productive and improv

• lapcat 4y ago
  This a straw man. The point here is truth and accuracy. Is the US fascist and "very illiberal"? No, I don't think so. Perhaps "moderately illiberal" would be more accurate. Can the US be improved? Of course! My intention is not to defend the US but to accurately describe it. I don't think fascist is accurate. Above all, the US is large, complicated, and conflicted. Non-Americans like to paint America with a broad brush, but Americans are actually in widespread disagreement about a lot of things.
• s1artibartfast 4y ago
  >Are you proud your sports team isn’t on the bottom of the ladder? Or would it actually be productive and improve things if you compared up? It seems like it would be productive to be grounded in reality and actually know where you sit on the ladder. You can still look at the top teams and want to be better, but lying and telling the team you are at the bottom isn't helpful.