As an American, I'm so glad America is finally crumbling from its position of power. Americans need a wake up call because our insane hubris and stubbornness is responsible for so much of the bad stuff in the world.

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spamizbad 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I got some (bad?) news for you: Most Americans are either in complete denial over this or genuinely don't care. They don't think the wealth and lifestyles they enjoy have anything to do with the US' status as a global hegemon. Some even think the relationship is inverted, believing that as the world de-Americanizes, Americans will somehow benefit from this.

	▲	leereeves an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> Some even think the relationship is inverted, believing that as the world de-Americanizes, Americans will somehow benefit from this. That may well be true of the working class, who receive nothing from the foreign income multinational corporations earn but face more competition to buy housing from the people who do receive a share, and more competition for jobs from foreigners (both immigration and globalization).

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1234letshaveatw 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Another American here, I find these self loathing kind of posts to be so sophomoric and embarrassing

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matthewfcarlson 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It is entirely possible to recognize the things that are good about the US while also seeing the very terrible things. Nothing is perfect and if we tell ourselves it is by criticizing anyone who says otherwise, we are robbing not only the world but ourselves of any opportunity to make it better.

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righthand an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No sophomoric and embarrassing is electing the same unqualified rapist pedophile moron back into power again.

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danw1979 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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boredtofears an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I find the "self loathing american on the internet" act to be about as performative as putting a pink ribbon on your social media avatar after a shooting. It's not introspective in any meaningful way.

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ohrus an hour ago | parent [-]

I've seen that sentiment shared a couple of times in the past day and little else before. Just something I've noticed...

I find the self loathing is usually well qualified and not at all a performative act. Performative for who exactly?

	▲	boredtofears 42 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The rest of the world, presumably

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drstewart 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

As a European, I apologise for this arrogant reply considering how awful Europe has been as an ally over the past 50 years. I promise we will do better and am glad that we're finally trying for once.

Now let's see your introspection (:

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myko an hour ago | parent | next [-]

When I was in the middle east as part of the US Army I really felt like my European friends had my back, no complaints here.

Apologies the other way around, though.

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danw1979 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I mean, I’m British and I’ve done a fair amount of introspection about the actions of my own government over the years.

I guess I should have included that in my reply in case someone else thought I was being hypocritical ?

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hyraki 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

As an American, Thank You

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Varelion 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

All I see on your timeline regarding us is blind sycophantic behavior. It's not self-loathing or sophomoric to recognize a point of policy or behavior that is not conducive to the wellbeing of global markets and wider well-being. We haven't been behaving in the best interest of the common good, or fellow Americans, nor even private interest for decades now and a little realization of that is just seeing objective reality.