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plungesponge · 41-45, M
I see the "USA" as three distinct entities, and I suspect the reason for a lot of arguments is because they get mixed up.
There's a Hollywood version of the USA, a very stylized larger-than-life representation. Some people love it for it's story telling and themes of hope, action, and justice. Others hate it for it's irresponsible violence, drugs and sex, or pushing non conservative lifestyles. That's how most of the world sees the USA.
Then there's the military industrial corporate government complex. These are the billionaires, lobby groups, the CIA covert ops, NSA surveillance. Anyone in the political and business world will come into contact with this America. It's the elite 1%, squeezing everyone for a dime, including the USA itself. This is almost universally disliked outside of the USA.
Then there's actual American citizens. These are the ordinary folks, the middle class, working class. They are proud of their country as any other person, prouder still their country is the sole superpower. American pie, the American Dream, and community hospitality, the whole thing.
The issue is that people will often attack one of these USAs and the other two become collateral damage. And people will often protect one of these USAs even if it means protecting the others which need to be addressed
There's a Hollywood version of the USA, a very stylized larger-than-life representation. Some people love it for it's story telling and themes of hope, action, and justice. Others hate it for it's irresponsible violence, drugs and sex, or pushing non conservative lifestyles. That's how most of the world sees the USA.
Then there's the military industrial corporate government complex. These are the billionaires, lobby groups, the CIA covert ops, NSA surveillance. Anyone in the political and business world will come into contact with this America. It's the elite 1%, squeezing everyone for a dime, including the USA itself. This is almost universally disliked outside of the USA.
Then there's actual American citizens. These are the ordinary folks, the middle class, working class. They are proud of their country as any other person, prouder still their country is the sole superpower. American pie, the American Dream, and community hospitality, the whole thing.
The issue is that people will often attack one of these USAs and the other two become collateral damage. And people will often protect one of these USAs even if it means protecting the others which need to be addressed
