I think you are reading the signs all wrong Tanner. America has been helping other countries ever since WW2. And there has been little appreciation. It's not arrogance to defend your country. And in the world of today the projection of resolve and strength requires a willingness to use military muscle. Case in point. Communist incursion into American hemisphere. Cuba, Venezuela, even Canada and Mexico. Communist policy is defeat from within. Subversion, riots--anything to weaken the country from within. The American Left is the face of Communism in America and all other Western nations. Riots are their mainstay. Destabilization is the goal. It's all over the news right now.
Some allies of America—until they weren’t: Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Afghan Mujahideen, Manuel Noriega, the Contras, the Shah of Iran, Mobutu Sese Seko, Augusto Pinochet.
And America wonders why so many people around the world either hate it or distrust it.
America never had principles on its way to becoming a superpower. The countries it helped were helped because—coincidentally—it served U.S. interests at the time. America’s foreign policy has always been “America First.” Trump just said it out loud. It’s a delusion that other countries take advantage of the U.S.—if anything, it’s often the other way around.
This isn’t anti-American sentiment. It’s what happens when Americans show little interest in what their government does abroad. Americans die thinking they’re defending their country against enemies—but those “enemies” are often just organizations or governments whose goals conflict with what America wants. And it's American politicians who decide who those enemies will be.
For example, Trump doesn’t think Russia is that big a threat to America’s interests. If the perceived enemy toned down, Trump’s followers would almost start defending Russia—even though Russia is the same Russia now that it was before and will be the same after.
If Iran (or Venezuela) let the U.S. control its oil, do you really think Washington would care how extreme the regime is? Does it care about Saudi Arabia?
You are frighteningly spot on. I have been using "Rot" in my analyses of my local, then international, analyses. I have now identified narcissism at the core. You intimate but do not see this explicitly. The US is navel-gazing narcissism in action.
Do not feel shame: narcissists achieve much - "good" and too much "bad". 'Helpful/hurtful' & 'constructive/destructive' are more healing assessments. Grow these. Progress will come.
I'm American and deeply ashamed of my country right now. I agree with every word you wrote. I hope and pray one day soon we change. Maybe we must go through this awful time under a dictator to learn some hard lessons.
In the current system, the U.S. spends roughly twice as much on health care per person as Germany. You’d expect a system that costly to work not only for everyone, but also to deliver admirable quality. And yet, in the U.S., cancer can still bankrupt you — something that doesn’t happen in Germany.
I think you are reading the signs all wrong Tanner. America has been helping other countries ever since WW2. And there has been little appreciation. It's not arrogance to defend your country. And in the world of today the projection of resolve and strength requires a willingness to use military muscle. Case in point. Communist incursion into American hemisphere. Cuba, Venezuela, even Canada and Mexico. Communist policy is defeat from within. Subversion, riots--anything to weaken the country from within. The American Left is the face of Communism in America and all other Western nations. Riots are their mainstay. Destabilization is the goal. It's all over the news right now.
Some allies of America—until they weren’t: Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Afghan Mujahideen, Manuel Noriega, the Contras, the Shah of Iran, Mobutu Sese Seko, Augusto Pinochet.
And America wonders why so many people around the world either hate it or distrust it.
America never had principles on its way to becoming a superpower. The countries it helped were helped because—coincidentally—it served U.S. interests at the time. America’s foreign policy has always been “America First.” Trump just said it out loud. It’s a delusion that other countries take advantage of the U.S.—if anything, it’s often the other way around.
This isn’t anti-American sentiment. It’s what happens when Americans show little interest in what their government does abroad. Americans die thinking they’re defending their country against enemies—but those “enemies” are often just organizations or governments whose goals conflict with what America wants. And it's American politicians who decide who those enemies will be.
For example, Trump doesn’t think Russia is that big a threat to America’s interests. If the perceived enemy toned down, Trump’s followers would almost start defending Russia—even though Russia is the same Russia now that it was before and will be the same after.
If Iran (or Venezuela) let the U.S. control its oil, do you really think Washington would care how extreme the regime is? Does it care about Saudi Arabia?
P.S. In my works, I refer to everyone as they.
You are frighteningly spot on. I have been using "Rot" in my analyses of my local, then international, analyses. I have now identified narcissism at the core. You intimate but do not see this explicitly. The US is navel-gazing narcissism in action.
Do not feel shame: narcissists achieve much - "good" and too much "bad". 'Helpful/hurtful' & 'constructive/destructive' are more healing assessments. Grow these. Progress will come.
I'm American and deeply ashamed of my country right now. I agree with every word you wrote. I hope and pray one day soon we change. Maybe we must go through this awful time under a dictator to learn some hard lessons.
In the current system, the U.S. spends roughly twice as much on health care per person as Germany. You’d expect a system that costly to work not only for everyone, but also to deliver admirable quality. And yet, in the U.S., cancer can still bankrupt you — something that doesn’t happen in Germany.