Seriously though, the USA is virtually always bad.

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    1 year ago

    Is this some sort of misguided american unexceptionalism where you think every other country is also doing wars in a billion places?

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      I’ve seen this rhetorical tactic taken up by neoliberals and left libs when arguing on behalf of imperialism.

      “This is American exceptionalism to say the CIA and the US military are all powerful and the sole cause for 50+ coups and invasions. You are denying the agency of foreign nations to be fascist on their own by saying America installed all the fascists”

      It’s like they are trying to use anti-Americanism to argue pro-Americanism. It’s really a great tactic for muddying the waters and confusing everything by using a left rhetorical tactic to defend the fascist American empire