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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When in time did America gave up trying to be great? Gave up as the example for the world? And now we are on our backs and refuse to get up like Bender off Futurama or a turtle?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like OP is of the cusp of a realisation: "Hang on. Are we the baddies?"

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has there ever been a country who did not have an enemy or pick a fight? And was pretty much like all of you do you we will do us. kind of like isalationism but charitable when it counted?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Back in the day, Switzerland was one of Europe's main sources of armies-for-hire. We see the echoes of that today in the Swiss Guard in Vatican City, for instance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was the stupidest form of US defaultism you've encountered in real life whilst they're abroad?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It's not just Americans who do this by any means, and nor are they the worst offenders! Trust me on this, I'm British - the most wilfully parochial nation on earth.

  You'll always get the odd jerk, but mostly this stuff tends to come from a lack of travel experience more than anything else. Unless you've travelled, you may not even realise what assumptions you're making about how day-to-day life works. And, well, a lot of Americans haven't travelled much outside of the USA. (That's not a criticism by the way - the USA is absolutely enormous and incredibly diverse, and you could spend a lifetime exploring it and not see it all.)

  All that said, back in the days before dual voltage power supplies were common I did used to find it amusing watching Americans in Europe blithely plugging their electrical goods into the 220V mains and wondering why they blew up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am against rape or rapists or any such type of action or person. But my mom who has a daughter. Keeps questioning why these women wait so long before coming out with it?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Look at what happens to the women who do come forward. Is it really any wonder they're so reticent?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to tell a kid that their dog died?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You tell them, gently, directly and as a matter of fact. Then you pick up the pieces.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any way I can study Marxist theory in a way that wouldn't seem too boring or dry?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Read "The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists" by Robert Tressell. Or, if reading a book is too difficult, there's a graphic novel version I think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Or jorkin'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That's vile. I'm so sorry.