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[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 127 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (39 children)

The US has been drunk on the delusion of how noble and benevolent we consider ourselves since World War II.

We like to conveniently forget that at the time, many Americans looked up to the Nazis and were embracing eugenics. We were legally sterilizing subjective "undesirables," often without their knowledge, and we had no plans to do shit until the Axis, already steeped in conflict, decided to attack us directly from half a world away, committing one of the greatest self-inflicted tactical blunders in history thankfully.

America is all about subjugation, exploitation, and genocide. It just got a propaganda team to soften the way in which it talks about it since the mid 20th century.

At the end of the day, that's the magic of America: bullshitting. Lying. To ourselves and others. From "all men* are created equal" (Only applies to wealthy Caucasian land owners) to "manifest destiny" (genocide the people that already live here because its our destiny) to "separate but equal"(even apex American bullshitters couldn't say this one with a straight face) to "turning the bull loose"(get back to work slaves, this isn't a society) to "don't ask, don't tell" (we refuse to accept you as a human being, but hey come die gruesomely so our greedy fucks can access foreign oil markets). Our bullshit machine runs so deep, we are a ~~nation~~ capital exploitation farm that practically doubles as a religion.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26322647/#:~:text=In%20the%20United%20States%2C%20members,upheld%20such%20laws%20in%201927.

[–] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Wait, I thought the Nazis were the ones looking up at the Americans and based on them

[–] wololo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It goes both ways. Nazis were inspired by the US specifically the Jim Crow era, And US were looking up to Nazis until Japan nuked pearl harbor.

[–] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Japan nuked pearl harbor" 💀💀💀

[–] wololo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

not nuked I meant bombed lmao

[–] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Imagine if Japan legit did a reverse Uno card on the US lmao

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