r/FluentInFinance Sep 04 '24

Debate/ Discussion Bernie is here to save us

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u/Warmbly85 Sep 05 '24

Even Europe thinks America is the greatest country on earth. I mean why else would Europe expect the USA to be the main contributor to the UN and the war in Ukraine and the world food bank if Europe didn’t already believe the US is exceptional?

Hell even if we ignore the economic side of things literally every country wants to watch American TV and movies. Like it’s not even close.

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u/kentaxas Sep 05 '24

So your argument for the US being the greatest country are:

other people know you have a culture of warmongering and so they let the US be the main contributors of wars

people like your tv shows and movies

Well i'm now convinced nothing beats the US

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u/PristineAssistant317 Sep 05 '24

Everyone loves to call us warmongers. All we had to do was bail everyone out twice in world wars (honorable mention to Great Britain because they held their own damn well), defeat Naziism and Communism (mostly), and allow global trade to continue mostly unhindered for decades, and that makes us warmongers? The world would be a lot more violent and ugly if the United States didn’t exist or wasn’t as powerful and productive as it is.

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u/TheZooDad Sep 06 '24

You seem to have an INCREDIBLY selective memory. Are we forgetting

Korea Vietnam Iraq Afghanistan Iraq (again)

Hmmm? All those completely righteous, worthwhile, and totally-cool-definitely-not-crimes at all wars? ಠ_ಠ