American exceptionalism is ingrained so deep in most people here that they would never even consider or doubt why the world pays attention to them, just: “Duh of course they do, because we’re America!”
Correct. I think the entire premise that an American would question this idea is an indication that the meme was made by somebody from a country with one of these pins in it.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not defending this mindset. I am myself an American making this observation with a sense of shame and mild horror.
Yeah, I abolutely agree. In American culture, this is treated more like a natural law, like the Sun rising each day or objects falling down when dropped. It is just something self-evident and isn’t even a thought that occurs in most American’s heads.
Going by experience here, the American WILL question this idea the very seconds the foreign has a diverging opinion or calls them out on something.
Americans run around moralizing while exploding everyone. They impose their views and politics into every country on earth. But if you criticized them for being idiots who allowed Trump to win, they tell you “you’re not even American!” As if American stupidity doesn’t affect the rest of the world. And this is the kind of shit I’m hearing from the American left now the side that was supposed to be smart and reasonable, and you know, not racist or xenophobic. But they’ve also gone toxic extreme as well. Americans are nuts.
I think there should be a major distinction between Democrats/neoliberals/however you want to classify them and “the American left”/progressives.
They often fall under the same tent because progressives do not have another substantial place in American politics, but I think these are 2 different groups with different beliefs and ideas.
Or they could realize the reality of the situation without making it about taking credit for being “the best”. As an American I know our country sucks, especially now, and also that it’s important for global stability.
Nah, it’s probably what you said. I just truly think the US is way better than any other country. /s
Edit: I missed that they wrote “most”. In my defense though a lot of users are currently cruelly shitting on Americans unconditionally. A lot of us didn’t want this bullshit
Huh? Sorry, not ALL Americans. I did say “most”
I missed that. My bad.
The US doesn’t have any military bases in Alaska? Not even one?
Certainly does. My father-in-law served up there, which he thought was a much better assignment than Vietnam. It was pretty important for early ICBM detection from Russia, since the shortest path to the continental US is through the arctic circle. Still is, so yes, there’s bases up there.
This site says there are 9. 3 Army, 3 Air Force, 3 Coast Guard.
Comparisons here on Wikipedia, sometimes on the linked page.
Imagine if China had bases like that
My first thought was to wonder if we’ll try to buy Greenland again.
Apparently, some have been pushing that last week already…
Sorry, World. 😑
If the US bought Denmark, they’d probably get Greenland with it. Just saying.
(now some idiot is probably going to try this)
In 3 months we’re going to have a Secretary of Defense that’s on the Fox and Friends B-Team, and a panel of MAGA generals purging the ranks. I am not ruling anything out of the future timeline we’re on…
These are some of the same people who don’t know who the president of Puerto Rico is, so they might just move in thinking the place is abandoned.
Iirc the way these bases work is with the agreement from the host country.
More like an “agreement”
Iirc the way these bases work is with the agreement from the host
countrycountry’s government and most definitely NOT the people of said country.FTFY.
Some countries have their people elect their government
to be fair, most of these countries allow usa bases because of the countries that explicitly dont have usa bases. see map.
they use expensive infrastructure and most countries would rather fund their own bases.
oooo cake 🎂
Tell that to Cuba.
