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Fuck The USA

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[–] known_unknown@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I'm American born and raised and here's the truth: whether by incompetence or malice, the United States' politicians handed over governance duties to corporations and, for my entire life, have made choices in direct opposition to its stated values.

My government is not your friend, or friend to me or anyone I have ever met. Since at least Reagan, and indisputably since """Citizens United""" it is a vessel for the primarily the military industrial complex.

The world would be in a better place if the US held to its espoused values of democracy and liberty, but although I've known many citizens who take these to heart in their daily lives, and are honorable and loving people, and imagine themselves members of the global community, in practice our government stands on these principles only so far as they are profitable for the military industrial complex, and for billionaires.

They have stripped hollow our education system and trampled consumer protection at every turn. They have at multiple times operated illegal concentration camps, and served as inspiration to the nazis themselves. They have waged death for oil and resources, in our name. When we stand against them, they imprison and kill us.

The world is deeply ill-served by a globally influential United States until massive systemic change occurs. They must give us ranked choice voting. Curb the supreme court. Enshrine systemic balance in policy, not gentlemen's agreements. Until then, ice us the fuck out and save yourselves from our lunatic leadership.

[–] Dionysus@leminal.space 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

With you. It's so lost at this point it'll be painful to fix it. Very painful.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's so lost at this point it'll be painful to fix it. Very painful.

The longer it is allowed to proceed on its current trajectory, the harder it will be to fix.

[–] Darkness343@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

We don't need the US to reform itself and be good. We need the US gone from the world.

Only then, there will be peace