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World Police Machine go Brrrrrrrr (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 months ago (5 children)

The whole "hating America" schtick is nothing more than an incredibly cynical way of shutting down criticism.

There is nothing more Un-American than the lie that you must accept your country as-is, faults and all, without license to offer so much as a shred of criticism. We do not have to choose between "status quo" and "worse". We can choose better.

If the time ever comes where "better" is truly not an option, then we will have fully transformed into the third world country that we've been so derisively invited to relocate to.

[–] Potatisen 9 points 2 months ago

That's actually really well put.

Do you think Americans will use what last chance of hope is left to transform their country tho? I don't think better is an option without something really terrible happening.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

There is nothing more Un-American than the lie that you must accept your country as-is, faults and all, without license to offer so much as a shred of criticism.

Really? I find that very typical for Americans.

[–] Ensign_Crab 2 points 2 months ago

We do not have to choose between “status quo” and “worse”.

We don't?

[–] surewhynotlem -2 points 1 month ago

Choosing between the status quo and worse is exactly how FPTP elections with unlimited corporate sponsorship works.

Can that change? Sure! No idea how.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

As a Canadian, we say the same thing. But the only country we say that about is one where we lightly fucked the place up and then left. In our understated way, the meme fits!