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America was build on paranoia and violence, so this doesn't surprise me very much

• piva00 1y ago
  It's quite surprising how long it took for the paranoia and violence to become directed inwards.
  • brnt 1y ago
    You must be a WASP.
    • piva00 1y ago
      I'm not American, nor living in the USA, nor Anglo-Saxon, not protestant, so no, you are absolutely wrong :)
      • brnt 1y ago
        And you absolutely missed the point :)
        • piva00 1y ago
          I sure did, and I'm still missing it since I cannot make sense of what you meant whatsoever :)
          • brnt 1y ago
            Small hint: if you aren't a WASP, you know paranoia and violence was directed inwards from the get go.
• Ozzie_osman 1y ago
  At any point in time there are probably many competing ideologies, even ones that are based on strength. For example, "speak softly but carry a big stick" is based on strength, but is pretty different than "they must wake up scared". The issue with the "scared" approach is that all it takes is one country with that ideology for escalations to occur and everyone else to adopt that mindset.