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[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

They aren’t exceptional. They’re just like Russia.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Given that Russia has a competent government and isn't on a verge of a civil war, not sure in what way America is like Russia.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

You call competent a government that pulled the "special military operation" and led hundreds of thousands of its people into death for not much of anything? You must be trolling.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Typical of American exceptionalism to stand other country on the verge of existential crisis and when they react call that "for not much of anything"

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 hours ago

I'd argue we're a lot more like the British empire in their glory days- exporting authoritarianism, subjugation, and hate globally, for as long as it serves our material benefit.

We learned from the best 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

We are not just like Russia.

We aren't exceptional though, you got that right. America hasn't been exceptional in decades.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 hours ago

Oh, it has… just not in the ways anyone would desire to be considered exceptional.