My understanding of the U.S.
"We're the greatest country in the world!"
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our leaders build and maintain power and wealth by exploiting existing imbalances with active disdain for the people who actually have to deal with the disasters generated in the process
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"We got rich because we worked for it!"
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our richest build and maintain wealth and power by exploiting existing imbalances with active disdain for the people who actually have to deal with the disasters generated in the process
My understanding of the U.S.
@ElectricKeet I think a belief that we’re the greatest country denies what actually makes us great (greatness is a process, not a lifetime award for winning WWII with some really ugly qualifiers), and usually is shorthand for wanting to feel one is basically okay because the country is basically okay (imho understandable if not entirely honest).
