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American Exceptionalism means the power is derived from being able to make exceptions to the rules.
by MSFT_Edging 3y ago
American Exceptionalism means the power is derived from being able to make exceptions to the rules.
- bee_rider 3y agoThat’s clever wording but I think it isn’t right? I thought American Exceptionalism was the belief that the US is an exception to the rules. Actually, the idea that being an exception to the rules and having the ability to make an exception to the rules are the same, or one implies the other, is pretty interesting and might be worth elaborating on.
- MSFT_Edging 3y agoPower is generally defined by the ability to make exception to the rules. Anyone can make a rule, but are you above being punished for breaking it? Important Americans are protected from being tried for war crimes. We have the Hague invasion act. We said out loud "we will kill you if you try to hold us accountable for our actions." If the United States was a moral country that would not do war crimes on purpose, this law wouldn't exist.