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Both are integral to their respective economies. That's the thing to understand.
Which one has 800+ military bases outside its borders? Which one has been drone bombing Muslim countries for the past 40 years? Which one has Africom, operation gladio? Which one uses people for nuclear and other bomb testing? Which one assassinates leaders of marginalized ethnic minorities? Which one wiped out its indigenous population, and whose founding fathers were all slaveowners? Which one imprisons 1 / 4 black people at some point in their lives?
They aren’t perfect but they’re really fucking impressive and they keep on improving
This but unironically.
This but unironically