• @theunknownmuncher
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    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!”

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      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.

      • @theunknownmuncher
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        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.

      • @ByteJunk
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        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.

    • @Nuke_the_whales
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      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.

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        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.

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        But if you criticized them for being idiots who allowed Trump to win, they tell you “you’re not even American!”

        Not from me. Anyone who voted for Trump or sat around to let him be elected is a fucking moron.

        I learned in 2016 I had too much faith in my fellow citizens. There are many, many stupid people here.

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      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

    • @blazeknave
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      👋 yep… Tbh, I just never thought through the “their shit is next door” part… just the “they have a lot of shit” part

  • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈
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    Dear Earth,

    The U.S. is about to fuck over humanity.

    Zero fucks about climate change.

    Leadership connections with the worst ass hats on the planet.

    I apologize.

    I wish y’all the best.

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    The US doesn’t have any military bases in Alaska? Not even one?

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      Huh. 🤔 . They do of course. https://militarybases.com/alaska I also see 9. :T well that’s annoying. Now that I look closer I do see Closed military bases on this list and the scale is absolutely horrendous. Decidedly not effective for communicating information specifically, but great for reaffirming the general you know like the US has a bunch of them and it operates troops and such out of them

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      This site says there are 9. 3 Army, 3 Air Force, 3 Coast Guard.

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      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.

      • @problematicPanther
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        and in hindsight, it turned out to have been much better than going to Vietnam

    • @Jerb322
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      And where’s the one in antarctica they’re always threatening to send people to?

  • @samus12345
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    Americans: Why don’t foreigners care about every aspect of America every second of every day?

    • @AnUnusualRelic
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      If the US bought Denmark, they’d probably get Greenland with it. Just saying.

      (now some idiot is probably going to try this)

      • anon6789
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        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.

  • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost
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    America: Establishes military bases, missile silos, CIA blacksites, international espionage agreements to violate the rights of the citizens in dozens of countries, has invaded and overturned governments because they disagree with what the president wants, calls itself the world police.

    Americans: “Why are so many non-Americans invested in what goes on in our country? I know we’re a big deal, but why would anyone be interested? Must be paid actors and bots! I don’t care about French elections, why would they care about American?”

    • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】
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      Nobody in America thinks this fyi. We know exactly why the world cares and it’s because we are the world’s only super power.

      • @Alwaysnownevernotme
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        We’re also pretty pissed about how cheap our senators are. Like bro I couldn’t buy a 2025 Tacoma for what your selling the free world for.

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          Yes. There’s nobody who knows anything about anything who doesn’t know America is the world’s only super power.

          Some people who don’t know what they’re talking about say China and that may be true someday but not today.

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          Yes. There’s nobody who knows anything about anything who doesn’t know America is the world’s only super power.

          Some people who don’t know what they’re talking about say China, and that may be true someday but not today.

      • @kerrypacker
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        Yeah the Aussie presence is in completely the wrong spots too. It’s bullshit.

    • @mlg
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      Neither does Pakistan, those are actually super top secret CIA outposts lol

  • @Clinicallydepressedpoochie
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    Seems like they just hate industrious hard working war mongers. Can’t a warlord catch a break?

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    I’ve never once wondered this.

  • @Sam_Bass
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    Putin is gonna pee his pants in glee when his orange tool starts shutting them down

    • @UnderpantsWeevil
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      Hegseth is as hawkish on Russia as he is on China. But I would be less worried as Putin than I would be as a draft-eligible American. We’re only going to double down on wars with this new guy in charge and that manpower needs to come from somewhere.

      • @Sam_Bass
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        That boy has likely been away from service long enough not to know his head from his toes

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    Americans may be surprised to find that foreigners actually don’t pay as much attention to US elections as they think. Even many people in the US don’t care, they’re just inundated with media coverage of it. At most about 66% of eligible voters even vote and the people that do vote aren’t necessarily informed. You may have seen interviews with undecided voters. They turn up to vote but haven’t necessarily put much thought into it.

    As an aside, I find it funny when Americans scream about other countries empire building and carrying out provocative military exercises when the US has so many military bases everywhere. You don’t need to officially annex land to control it, that’s old style thinking.