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Yes, I was far more anti-America when I was in fifth grade. Thankfully I grew out of that after traveling and realizing it doesn’t get better than this.
by laidoffamazon 3y ago
Yes, I was far more anti-America when I was in fifth grade. Thankfully I grew out of that after traveling and realizing it doesn’t get better than this.
- giraffe_lady 3y agoYeah man, the countries getting couped and bombed are going to be worse places to be than the ones doing the couping and bombing. It doesn't get better than this because we don't allow it to. The US using global violence to serve its own interests is effective! You may selfishly and amorally support this because of its benefits to you. It's not consistent to claim that this opposes "illiberalism and authoritarianism" when during the last century the US has overthrown more liberal democracies in favor of despots than everyone else combined.
- laidoffamazon 3y agoYeah, ok, I went through my Zinn/Chomsky phase too, it's fine, we all get through it. For me it took seeing a President that hated America (#45) to really understand why this line of thinking was so flawed.