Re:How China Is Like the 19th Century U.S.
by rootusrootus on Friday November 01, 2024 @03:35PM
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Is that perception why everyone online constantly shits on America and proclaims that every other country is superior? For as much as people like to accuse Americans of being "'Merica, fuck yeah!" the truth sure looks like it is mostly other countries with the arrogant attitude.
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Re:How China Is Like the 19th Century U.S.
by JumpCrisscross on Friday November 01, 2024 @03:52PM
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Capacity for self criticism is part of what lets America reïnvent itself.
Re:How China Is Like the 19th Century U.S.
by dingnuts on Friday November 01, 2024 @05:19PM
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yes and it's deeply ironic that you just quoted an American film which was satirizing that attitude twenty years ago!
if anything I feel like Americans have become extremely self loathing in the passing generation since the release of Team America: World Police
Americans may feel that way, but "Team America: World Police" still applies to US foreign policy in 2024.
Re:How China Is Like the 19th Century U.S.
by Nasrudith on Friday November 01, 2024 @05:36PM
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Interesting that the self-loathing seems to be associated with waging unpopular and losing wars. I didn't live through it but the Vietnam War seemed to have some similar impact that persists to this day with the utter loathing of conscription. It seems to be the same underlying cause: that bad leadership essentially permanently burned credibility for their country for no gain for their country.