• Typhoon@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    I don’t think most Americans are even close to understanding how shitty USA is as a country.

    They’re brainwashed from birth to believe they’re the greatest country in the world. Most of them never question it. Those that do need years to overcome the beliefs embedded in their heads.

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      18 hours ago

      Yes American exceptionalism is pretty crazy.

      The arrogance of calling a national championship “World Series” is a very clear example of that, and also calling the country America is another blatant example of exceptionalism.
      It is this exceptionalism that makes Trump believe he can bully the rest of the world into submission. But all it will do is accelerate the fall of USA from being the de facto world leader.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Series_champions

      • odelik@lemmy.today
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        5 hours ago

        Hey now, it’s the World Series because Canada is involved! Canada & USA is the entire world, right?