• Carmakazi@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    We on occasion have pointed in the right direction, but we have never, ever been the hero.

    American Exceptionalism is something that will take decades to deprogram.

    • punkcoder@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      America is the greatest country in the world, as long as your sample size is 1. The people who believe in american exceptionalism have never seen anything outside of their front door.

      I fear that it’s going to take generational death to deprogram it.

  • Chemical Wonka
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    9 hours ago

    What era of history was the USA a hero?

    When did they massacre the native peoples guided by “Manifest Destiny”?

    When did they bomb civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?