Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoThe End of American Exceptionalismwww.foreignaffairs.comexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down15cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
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minus-squareHobbes_Dent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down6·1 year agoThey aren’t exceptional. They’re just like Russia.
minus-squareCris@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 year agoI’d argue we’re a lot more like the British empire in their glory days- exporting authoritarianism, subjugation, and hate globally, for as long as it serves our material benefit. We learned from the best 🤷♂️
minus-squareMeltrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down4·1 year agoWe are not just like Russia. We aren’t exceptional though, you got that right. America hasn’t been exceptional in decades.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 year agoOh, it has… just not in the ways anyone would desire to be considered exceptional.
They aren’t exceptional. They’re just like Russia.
I’d argue we’re a lot more like the British empire in their glory days- exporting authoritarianism, subjugation, and hate globally, for as long as it serves our material benefit.
We learned from the best 🤷♂️
We are not just like Russia.
We aren’t exceptional though, you got that right. America hasn’t been exceptional in decades.
Oh, it has… just not in the ways anyone would desire to be considered exceptional.