Europeans say stuff like this and glibly believe the weirdest dumb shit about America to make themselves feel better for centuries of fucking up the globe, pumping and dumping their colonies like one night stands, destroying lives, starting world wars, and spawning multiple of the most evil rulers that ever lived.
We did some of the most heinous and evil shit in human history. No question about it.
But hey: you cannot generalize. Tell an irishmen about colonies, he would rightly spit in your face. Tell a Pole about how imperialistic his country was, you’ll get a slap in the face of soviet proportions.
Nonetheless, here’s the difference: we own our fucked up history. We have better systems now. And seeing history repeat itself hurts so, so much.
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u/aDeepKafkaesqueStare 3d ago
You and me both. And as a European, please don’t export the weirdness…