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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There's lots of states where weed is legal.

The government doesn't have a secret police force to blackbag me for what I say.

I live in a beautiful place near the mountains.

The elections aren't rigged.

The people I know are here.

It's impossible to stage an effective invasion.

There's lots of things to love about the place I live. That doesn't mean I think it's perfect, and I still think about how to make life better. Throwing in with Russia is not an effective strategy to affect positive change, and so I think those who do so are foolish.

[–] TokenBoomer 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Now, imagine not being born in America. But in the Philippines or Iraq or Afghanistan. Would you still love the U.S. after seeing what it did to your people?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't see how that's relevant to the previous topic. You asked a question, and I answered. Before that, the discussion was about how naive lionizing Russia is when the motivation is counteracting U.S. imperialism. Frankly, it was the wrong question to ask.

[–] TokenBoomer 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Judging from your response, it was exactly the right question to ask. I was trying to give incite into how people might side with international interests against American imperialism.