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There's some Chicken and egg stuff going on there, I think, but MAGA, even on its face, is not about being satisfied with American Greatness, but trying to change the status quo and reversing some of the "progress" that offends the willing to be offended and allows those preying on them to exploit them in a democracy.
Total illiteracy rates in the US have clearly been dropping since at least 1870, and while no one wants to say it to their face, this is the kind of "progress" that MAGA seems to be all about reversing.
https://nces.ed.gov/naal/lit_history.asp
I get that I don't have figures on literacy outside of the US handy, but I don't really think it's fair to judge American "greatness" without looking at the rest of the world, much less constructive.
Further, I know I'm an "ugly American," and an outsider who's not considered to be a "real American" by a huge and maybe still growing portion of my fellow citizens who want to reverse trends like literacy, but if I wanted to more effectively criticize the US, I'd do it on the basis of allowing a reactionary anti-conservative (and anti-liberal/progressive) movement promoting epidemics to gain ground rather than pointing out that the movement has only partially achieved it's goals.
As I said before, I still am struggling to think of myself as an American despite the fact that slightly less then half the country doesnt consider me as such and they're trying to disenfranchise those who demographically might seem inclined to disagree with them, but your casting stones at the glass house I'm currently still trying to shore up with better walls and shelter under doesnt seem to help anyone that much stay safe from the elements.
I dont know if you've thought about all of the implications of your post, nor do I know what your motivations are (e.g, being paid by Soros, Putin, Clinton or China for attacking the US), but please be aware that there are many Americans struggling against forces trying to eliminate the progressive mischief wrought by the printing press and the enlightenment, and that posts like these are kind of like a double edged sword.
I'm not saying don't wield it, to be clear, but when you do, be aware that it has two edges and be conscious about how you're doing it and who you might be using it against.
Total illiteracy rates in the US have clearly been dropping since at least 1870, and while no one wants to say it to their face, this is the kind of "progress" that MAGA seems to be all about reversing.
https://nces.ed.gov/naal/lit_history.asp
I get that I don't have figures on literacy outside of the US handy, but I don't really think it's fair to judge American "greatness" without looking at the rest of the world, much less constructive.
Further, I know I'm an "ugly American," and an outsider who's not considered to be a "real American" by a huge and maybe still growing portion of my fellow citizens who want to reverse trends like literacy, but if I wanted to more effectively criticize the US, I'd do it on the basis of allowing a reactionary anti-conservative (and anti-liberal/progressive) movement promoting epidemics to gain ground rather than pointing out that the movement has only partially achieved it's goals.
As I said before, I still am struggling to think of myself as an American despite the fact that slightly less then half the country doesnt consider me as such and they're trying to disenfranchise those who demographically might seem inclined to disagree with them, but your casting stones at the glass house I'm currently still trying to shore up with better walls and shelter under doesnt seem to help anyone that much stay safe from the elements.
I dont know if you've thought about all of the implications of your post, nor do I know what your motivations are (e.g, being paid by Soros, Putin, Clinton or China for attacking the US), but please be aware that there are many Americans struggling against forces trying to eliminate the progressive mischief wrought by the printing press and the enlightenment, and that posts like these are kind of like a double edged sword.
I'm not saying don't wield it, to be clear, but when you do, be aware that it has two edges and be conscious about how you're doing it and who you might be using it against.