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[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (12 children)

If you only consider Europe most the world it would be true bit no the usa beem a malign actor for several decades

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (11 children)

I was gonna say, only now? I'm in the US and can see it's been a bad actor since at least the end of WW2.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

The Native Americans called about their genocide way before WWII.

I suspect when our founding fathers were blowing up and murdering their fellow colonists as seen in the Sons of Liberty they were bad actors.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Before WWII was also very bad

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 2 points 19 hours ago

for being riddled with both genocide and [for want of a better word] tyranny*.

[* suppression of hemp and other emancipatory technologies, segregation, slavery, jingoism and coups, corruption, robber barons, colonialism and more genocide, etc]

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Banana Republics come to mind. But during the time frame the US was doing that, Most of Europe was still doing their own colonialisms.

It was only when Hitler brought colonialism back to Europe that they started to wake up to how bad it was. Well, some of them. France and England had to start losing colonial wars, mostly due to losses suffered in due to WW2, before they slowly started freeing colonies.

Just shows that everyone is shit, and cheering for a team is kind of stupid.

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[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I mean, the Marshall Plan was benevolent. USAID and similar may make us net beneficial to Africa.

Let's not talk about South America.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I mean, the Marshall Plan was benevolent.

No, it wasn't. It was meant to stop the URSS from expanding further west, and as a bonus shackle the rebuild countries as loyal lapdogs that attended to any and every USA whim.

USAID and similar may make us net beneficial to Africa.

Mostly posturing. If the USA were serious about benefitting Africa they'd do something similar to what China is doing right now, partnering and building infrastructure, instead merciless exploitation and throwing a few breadcrumbs here and there.

Let’s not talk about South America.

But we should. What the USA has done here can only be labelled as evil. Overthrowing governments left and right, supporting murderous dictatorships, merciless exploitation like what it did in Africa as well. Foul, evil stuff.

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

I think they are deliberately trying to anger and not just being incompetent.

Why are they doing this? There's money to be made with this somehow, and it has to be a LOT of money, so obviously the USA is planning to fuck them over financially in some bigly fashion.

Seizing every nation's accounts would be my best guess, but I thought Trump would lose so what do I know.

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[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 7 points 23 hours ago

No shit. Ostracize the hellhole.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

bin laden warned us!!! !!! !!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago

Not new, not even for Europe despite popular perception.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

always-has-been.jpeg

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Latin America, South and East Asia, and the natives within America itself watching White People finally realise America are the bad guys:

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[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Most, cause USA is still part of the world.

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

More like apart of this world rn tbh

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

For most of us in the US, as well.

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