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Perseus

(4,341 posts)
6. "American exceptionalism" was a myth
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 12:21 PM
Aug 2019

Well, it has taken a long tome for many people to realize that "American exceptionalism" is nothing more than propaganda, a make-the-people-feel-good-and-look-the other-way scam.

How many times I have cringed listening to idiots claim "America is the best country in the World". The first thing is that "America" is "South America", "Central America" and "North America", but then again I also cringe when said correctly "United States of America is the greatest country in the World". When you are fed crap like that on a daily basis you end up believing it, and then dismissing all the problems, thus looking the other way.

Like the saying goes, "to fix a problem you must first recognize there is a problem"...we are getting somewhere now.

Getting rid of Citizens United. greymattermom Aug 2019 #1
"How do we stop them once and for all?" FiveGoodMen Aug 2019 #2
We stop them by keeping them out of power Cyrano Aug 2019 #5
Start with Alito who does not know the difference between money and free speech. TryLogic Aug 2019 #9
Great post bdamomma Aug 2019 #3
Thank you, Cyrano. cilla4progress Aug 2019 #4
"American exceptionalism" was a myth Perseus Aug 2019 #6
Trump is just a common cowardly bully. lpbk2713 Aug 2019 #7
The *ONE* thing I can say to Trump's credit is Blue_Tires Aug 2019 #8
Transparency and publicly funded elections bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 #10
We desperately need a media savvy team with funding Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2019 #11
MSM advertising is expensive Cyrano Aug 2019 #12
Disagree on ads. There are plenty of very wealthy Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2019 #13
Evil people last chance Aug 2019 #14
He is a sadist. He feels powerful by hurting others. Claritie Pixie Aug 2019 #15
Exactly Cyrano Aug 2019 #16
Pure sadistic evil. zentrum Aug 2019 #17
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