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As a European it makes me sad to read this. The US is exceptional in almost every way – morally, technologically, economically, politically. While the US make

by kypro 3y ago

As a European it makes me sad to read this. The US is exceptional in almost every way – morally, technologically, economically, politically. While the US makes mistakes, and when it does its power means the consequences of those mistakes can be extreme, it's still overwhelmingly a force for good in a world that's becoming increasingly autocratic. Don't let critics put you down. The world needs you, and I for one am glad America exists.

gnz11 3y ago
What makes you think the US is morally exceptional?
latexr 3y ago
> it's still overwhelmingly a force for good in a world that's becoming increasingly autocratic. The two people who hold the record for most votes received in a US presidential election¹ are Joe Biden in first and Donald Trump in second. They set those records in the same election, which was the last one. Donald Trump has said he wants to be a dictator, and plenty of his supporters have said on tape that they want that outcome. Did you also miss the worldwide ripple effect after Trump won the first time where the autocrats came out of the woodwork and start winning elections and gaining more power in government in several countries? ¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_candidates_by_number_of_votes_received https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presiden...
- Gerlo 3y ago
  >Donald Trump has said he wants to be a dictator Then he did a piss poor job of that considering he's not the president anymore.
  - latexr 3y ago
    1. He said that during this election cycle. 2. It’s irrelevant to the point whether he can do it or not.
simonblack 3y ago
Exceptional. Morally: Yes. The US has attacked other countries more than any other one has. Technologically: The US used to be great but in the Space Race which was the US's technological zenith, it is now lagging far behind. It had to buy Russian rocket engines. For ten years or so, it couldn't put a man into orbit. After inventing solid-state, it can't manufacture the most-advanced semiconductor chips any more, China does that. Economically: What's to say? A country with a Debt of 35-odd trillion dollars is not doing well economically. Politically: When continuous warfare and lawfare between all the US elites is destroying US political stability, the US is certainly Politically Exceptional and not in a good way. Just the fact that the next US election candidates are Trump and Biden shows that. Surely there are better candidates available out of 350 million people, than those two. As a European it makes me sad to read this. As a non-European, but somebody who was proud to be "almost-French" while living in France for several years, it makes me sad to see that Europe, which could have been a superpower in its own right seems to take delight in putting another country's interests before its own, especially by killing the European economy, while watching that economy and political freedom disappearing from under its nose, and doing nothing to reverse that trend. Very sad.
- amou234 3y ago
  Take off your rose colored Chinese dictatorship worshipping glasses. China is in a Great Depression and will be there for 30 years. It will be even poorer, older, and isolated in 30 years. Also, if you believe what you say, move to China. Stop hiding in the comforts of a democratic country while wishing free countries to fall

by kypro 3y ago

gnz11 3y ago

What makes you think the US is morally exceptional?

latexr 3y ago

> it's still overwhelmingly a force for good in a world that's becoming increasingly autocratic. The two people who hold the record for most votes received in a US presidential election¹ are Joe Biden in first and Donald Trump in second. They set those records in the same election, which was the last one. Donald Trump has said he wants to be a dictator, and plenty of his supporters have said on tape that they want that outcome. Did you also miss the worldwide ripple effect after Trump won the first time where the autocrats came out of the woodwork and start winning elections and gaining more power in government in several countries? ¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_candidates_by_number_of_votes_received https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presiden...

Gerlo 3y ago
>Donald Trump has said he wants to be a dictator Then he did a piss poor job of that considering he's not the president anymore.
- latexr 3y ago
  1. He said that during this election cycle. 2. It’s irrelevant to the point whether he can do it or not.

simonblack 3y ago

Exceptional. Morally: Yes. The US has attacked other countries more than any other one has. Technologically: The US used to be great but in the Space Race which was the US's technological zenith, it is now lagging far behind. It had to buy Russian rocket engines. For ten years or so, it couldn't put a man into orbit. After inventing solid-state, it can't manufacture the most-advanced semiconductor chips any more, China does that. Economically: What's to say? A country with a Debt of 35-odd trillion dollars is not doing well economically. Politically: When continuous warfare and lawfare between all the US elites is destroying US political stability, the US is certainly Politically Exceptional and not in a good way. Just the fact that the next US election candidates are Trump and Biden shows that. Surely there are better candidates available out of 350 million people, than those two. As a European it makes me sad to read this. As a non-European, but somebody who was proud to be "almost-French" while living in France for several years, it makes me sad to see that Europe, which could have been a superpower in its own right seems to take delight in putting another country's interests before its own, especially by killing the European economy, while watching that economy and political freedom disappearing from under its nose, and doing nothing to reverse that trend. Very sad.

amou234 3y ago
Take off your rose colored Chinese dictatorship worshipping glasses. China is in a Great Depression and will be there for 30 years. It will be even poorer, older, and isolated in 30 years. Also, if you believe what you say, move to China. Stop hiding in the comforts of a democratic country while wishing free countries to fall