Where does this reflexive anti-American bullshit come from?
The US (as in government) like all large powers are doing a lot of self interested power politics. They have overthrown many democratically elected governments and supported (and sometimes even put in place) some of the worst dictatorships in the world, because it was in their geopolitical interest. They invaded a sovereign country and presented lies to justify the invasion. They jave introduced a massive worldwide surveillance system, that is essentially spying on everyone. Have used that aperatus to spy on allies, and used it for to gain every economic advantage they could get.
Is pointing this out "anti-american bullshit". Has someone who did these things done more good than anyone else by a massive margin?
We AGREE about the negative bullshit the US has done. We're actively trying to work on that shit, none of us like it. We've actually done a stellar job looking at our history and current practices and saying "That was fucked up" and "We should fix this going forward."
But we still do WAY more good than, like I said, the next 10 countries combined.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/275597/largers-donor-cou...
So it's not all roses, but... Yeah, I wouldn't dismiss us as a net benefit.
See, I don’t know if this is helping the case you are trying to make against cycomanic. You come here claiming you are more generous than the next 10 combined, when, in reality, you aren’t even in the top 5.
Norway would fit in 1/3 of the most prosperous part of Los Angeles. I assumed we were talking about geopolitical powers.
I mean I guess if it's a wedding party, now that I think about it.
The recent US leadership hasn't done a very good job of representing "American Values". You can expect anti-American sentiment from this.
It may not be justified when referring to individuals, but neither is the xenophobic response to any of the countries listed above.
Fight the governments, not the people.
Those countries have legitimate issues we call out. We call ours out too. That's the difference.