Disagree. American exceptionalism lies in our governing documents and in a lot of our history. It is harder to find today because of the things we have done to ourselves.
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There were always problems but we are always trying to improve those documents. Notice I didn’t say our first governing documents nor did I say all of our history. That said, America is an exceptional nation and a world leader in many areas. The problem is now, Trump. We must resist & survive.
Absolutely agree - we are certainly one of the world leaders in terms of gun deaths! Outpacing both Venezuela and Guatemala! Kudos to us! That shit truly is, as you note, exceptional...
What about those things. Read Overthrow and some of the American Imperialism books. Don’t throw us completely on the 💩 pile of history since we can still raise these issues. I understand what pricks we have been but a lot of that was due to jerks and greedy people. We still fight the good fight.
Yes. Now ask yourself. What did they mean? It just meant we exempt ourself from the concept that our way of life is abjectly immoral and overtly evil.
We did do slavery and genocide using that argument. Aka white man's burden.
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We did do slavery and genocide using that argument. Aka white man's burden.