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We are the very best arms maker on Earth!
The USA produces more military arms than Russia, China, Germany, and three or four other countries COMBINED.
That's not even counting small arms. Firearm sales have TRIPLED since 2000.
Every state in the union is part of the arms industry, even Hawaii.
The collar of the USA is in the hands of Zionists/AIPAC. The USA is managed by Zionists
That took me by surprise. In his first term, Russia was holding the leash. Are these guys passing around the Trump Kompromat?
there's more than one epstein and more than one blackmail book. weird rich guy sex stuff is about power and control more than it is anything else. the centers of these rings just also enjoy power and control over victim and direct perpetrator in a form of violent sexual hierarchy
Over the past decade, you can be proud of how you’ve made inclusive principles a standard feature of your cultural products.
Today, you’re facing backlash from the idiots who are panicking, but in Europe many of us are still lagging behind, and the positive effects of your influence on inclusion are still being felt.
Not US here. I sometimes think that Americans are nice individuals, generaly speaking, but they are collectivly ferocious.
Today all the things are gone
I'd worked for all my life
And its hard to start again
With no children and my wife
I'd rue my cursed stars
To be living here today
'Cause the flag now stands for serfdom
And freedoms been taken away
And I'm ashamed to be an American
Where folks pretend their free
And I won't forget, the men who lied
Who took that life from me
And I'd gladly stand up
Next to you and regain her still today
'Cause ain't no doubt I used to love this land
God help the USA
From the lakes of Minnesota
To the hills of Tennessee
Across the plains of Texas
From sea to shining sea
From Detroit down to Houston
And New York to L.A
Well there's disgust in every American heart
And it's time we stand and say
At the local level there are many people in many cities trying to make things better.
I mean America has plenty of industries the rest of the world depends on. Unfortunately, a lot of the good takes involve ignoring a lot of the bad ones that helped obtain them.
Don't be proud of your country, be proud of the societies you are willing to participate in and contribute towards. If you don't find yourself living inside a good one, go and search it out.
You should have never been proud of your country its just more blatant than usual.
Totally normal feeling and it shows you have awareness of what is going on.
There are tons of good people in the US and even more that would be good if our society wasn't so twisted.
lol. it's not your country. it's bezos trump musk thiel and co's country. you can live here as long as you don't inconvenience them too much
American here.
No. We're living in the early stages of a fascist dictatorship. And we've been doing this to the rest of the world for way too fucking long. The sooner we come to grips with the fact that the hens have come home to roost and we're reaping what we've sown, the sooner we can actually take it down and build something better.
Instead of trying to feel good, make it good. Go forth and organize for the better future that you wish to see.
No. This is late stage capitalism, it is over for the US.
I have options to go to another country, but I choose to stay in the U.S. It certainly is not an easy decision given the many current and historical problem within the U.S. Like many of you, I believe Trump is the symptom, not the problem. The problem is much more deeply rooted and harder to get rid off.
Admittedly, my wife being in the U.S. is the largest driving force for me to remain in the U.S. Yet, here are some other advantages of the U.S. I have considered:
The United States gives billions of dollars in foreign aid to developing nations every year. In total foreign aid is in the 60-70 billion dollar range but that includes Israel and Ukraine... Total strictly humanitarian aid is more like 20 billion-ish. So, thats nice.
We've always excelled at terrorism.
I don't think there was much of a reason to ever be proud of it, if you're ashamed now. You can still be proud of what your fellow americans put out : on the culture and research fronts most notably... the US shines far, even though I hear the Trump admin hurt some universities.
But on the political level ? it's still the murderous empire it has been for the past 80 years, just a little more open about it