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Quote by: PatrickHenry  To what do you owe your loyalty, saltine? A long vanished republic? CIA agents are hired guns for Uncle Sam, not friends of mine. I side with the less priveleged people of this sad world.
I hate what the USA stands for: Military bullying, nuclear warfare, international hypocrisy, government financial corruption, domination of outlying regions by autocrats from Washington, DC, lying politicians, stolen elections and now kidnapping and torture in the name of "security." There's not a worse nation on this green and blue earth...  |
Agreed. But everything we are caught up in is not necessarily our fault. Either that or the end result was inevitable. For example: if we intervene in international affairs, we're nosy bullies, if we don't, we're arrogant idiots. Either way, we'll have enemies. Just the choosing game.
Many of your reasons for disliking America are understandable, but irrelavent, other than the explanation I gave above.
We are one of the few successful democratic nations. And with great things, come horrible things. If we were to suddenly shut this 'bad factory' down (stopped bullying, destroyed our nukes, admitted we were wrong, exposed our financial secrets, told the truth, stopped stealing, and returned the prisoners) then we would no longer be the greatest nation in the world. We are horrible to others, but wonderful to citezens, which theoretically makes us the best nation in the world.
But I am a sucker for these priveledges (and so are you, seeing as you live here), and will defend my country to the death. Kinda gives a new meaning to "it's what's on the inside that counts".