CECOT is the American gulag
I don't think they're all that different tbh
While I'm tempted to agree, the big problem here is that if the government can decide that some speech is illegal, they can use that to silence people they don't like.
Obviously the system we've got now in the US isn't working, but we need to tread carefully when giving the government power to decide what is or isn't the "right beliefs".
It'll depend on their hobbies. PC gamers will know this stuff, or at least how to figure it out.
I think it is. Not in a nationalistic sense - we've done a lot of harms in the world. Maybe more harm than good, even. But there's still a lot worth saving here. (USA)
If you just walk around and talk to people on the street, we're still one of the most progressive people around, despite everything. The US is a melting pot, a country of immigrants, and therefore a fierce battleground for ideas and ideologies. Right now the fascists are in power, but that doesn't make them the majority.
I really do think that if we get past this, we've got the "bones" to create something really great.
And that doesn't even include American culture. Sure, there's things I don't like, but there are some really good parts, too.
We're loud. Gregarious. We'll strike up conversations with complete strangers. Most Americans are culturally curious, too - we like to try foods from other places, we're fond of foreign movies and media, and we have a weird fascination with people who speak other languages (even though most of us only speak English).
Many of us see ourselves as citizens of the world, not just our own country. We like the idea of the US being a "global superhero" standing up for democracy and human rights. I know that's mostly propaganda, and the real history of US intervention is more about maintaining global capitalism. But it doesn't have to be that way. We could actually help the UN, defend Ukraine, defend Palestine, push for peace. The cultural groundwork is already there, we just need a more democratic system so that the will of the people is actually followed.
If you look at US history, you'll see a lot of bad. That's the nature of the two party system. But we have had some really good times, too. We have had leaders like John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, and Jimmy Carter who have done a lot of good. And that's just presidents, we've also had activists and leaders fighting for what's right throughout our whole history.
They didn't spring up from nowhere. Those people have always been here, and they're just as "American" as the bad ones. In a sense there are two "America"s. There always have been. And, as in every generation, it's worth fighting for.
when the rich can just live on investment income
How do you think they make that money? Primarily off of consumerism. If we all collectively decided to share what we have and stop buying what we don't need, there could be no passive income, not at the scale it exists today, anyways.
Of course not! That would be promoting terrorism.
State violence isn't terrorism, so it's fine to celebrate it.
Nazis, by definition, do not oppose dictatorships. Not sure where you got that idea, but it certainly wasn't a level-headed assessment of history.
I don't find that surprising at all.
Right? We don't have nice things because we put up with bull crap.
It's how we're conditioned to behave by society from birth. Break the rules and you get punished.
You'll get there ❤️
We both will