Woah easy on the racism pal
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the_q@lemmy.world 10 months ago
A very large group of Americans are just awful people.
FormerlyChucks@lemmy.world 10 months ago
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“American” isn’t a race but the internet commenter love affair with shitting on the USA is kinda played out. We’re not perfect, sometimes we’re not even all that good but it takes a special kind of delusion to ignore our efforts to promote peace and stability over the past century or so.
An easy counterpoint would be things like forever wars in the Middle East, shady CIA bullshit pretty much anywhere they think they can get away with it and other agencies that probably know me more intimately than my proctologist. Generally, I’d agree that there’s a lack of effective oversight and some poor decision-making at play. There’s a lot of work to be done but our slow, drunken stumble is still moving toward a better future more often than not.
nile@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Speaking of the future: you’re probably the least corrupt of all the superpowers fucking the environment, but that’s not saying much. I think the US will need real democracy soon.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Least corrupt is a start, I’ll take it over some alternatives. Probably helps that our whistleblowers have a better than average survival/not-getting-disappeared rate and are often seen as heroes by the public. I don’t know what it’ll take to fix the rest of our issues, just hope to see a little less backsliding and more reasonable engagement while working out of this angsty teenager phase thing we’ve got going on.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
Efforts to promote peace and stability?
The USA is the biggest weapon exporter and have been at war for about 95% of time it exists. They have been meddling in political affairs all over the world, setup puppet governments wherever they can, and deem foreigners as second class humans in their laws.
If that is your way of “promoting peace” please stop.
the_q@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You’re incredibly naive.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I appreciate your input.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m pretty sure “American” describes a mixing of a bunch of different races. Unfortunately not harmoniously enough.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
American. Can confirm.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 10 months ago
A very large group of people are just awful people.
TheInsane42@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Check, where ‘very large’ can even be 2+ in worst case scenarios.
turtlepower@lemm.ee 10 months ago
People are just awful.
TheInsane42@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Most single specimens are acceptable, but in groups they tend to get worse. (or at least a lot louder)
It also depends on your own ability to handle them though, in some cases here even encountering 1 is to many. (I like my space and quiet surroundings)
abfarid@startrek.website 10 months ago
True. But some cultures produce a bigger proportion of “awful” people.