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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Yeah the US sucks in a lot of ways, but we're still a step up from pretty much any other empire in history. I don't see us as a city on a hill or whatever the ****, but I guess we do more good for global stability than we do evil with our self-interested military operations. Maybe the world doesn't need a "world police" anymore, but I don't know that it would be a good idea to test that theory.
And most punk bands who bitch about us just come across as ignorant utopians who might have valid points, but are too into being counter-culture whiners to have any appreciation of pragmatism.
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Well the world has been run by empire's since the Bronze Age, and as far as Empire's go the United States has been pretty benevolent, but when utopia is your benchmark I guess the US looks fairly despotic.
Human nature is a rather nasty affair, so of course the US engages in all sorts of power plays that screw over people in other parts of the world, but at the end of the day, you gave us a democratic Germany, Japan and South Korea, restored democracy and wealth to Eastern Europe, helped with the growth of democracy in South America, and advanced the world's life expectancy with your technological advances in medical science, but most importantly though, you gave us blue jeans and the Big Mac. I'll miss you guys when China is in charge.