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No, in fact, that's not at all what I said. I said every human should be accorded the same rights and opportunities, which my government shamefully betrays eve
by Vivtek 13y ago
No, in fact, that's not at all what I said. I said every human should be accorded the same rights and opportunities, which my government shamefully betrays every day.
If anything, the worst crime of which history will accuse America is of taking excellent stated ideals and subverting them for the purpose of oppression - thus discrediting the original excellent ideals.
- dnautics 13y agobut I don't think that America really subverts them for the purpose of oppression. The US is perfectly capable of oppressing without appealing to those ideas (indian wars; japanese internment). I actually think the US means it (and thinks that it can) deliver democracy without being oppressive. Hanlon's razor. But the difference here is, in this case it is impossible to not be incompetent. Just as it is impossible to deliver what you intend for the world without being incompetent in the sense of being 'non-oppressive'.