Quote:Bluemage wrote:Eh, one of the burdens of being first among equals at least. Everyone likes to become top dog. Only the US to my knowledge wants to be liked. None of the other powers in history cared about that. delanda est and all that. OTOH, you don't see people of other nations clamoring to go into those nations bitching about us. Heck, those same nations were rubbing their hands with glee during the American Civil War about the possible demise of the U.S. It irks other nations that we have this assumption that we have the greatest form of government on the planet.Quote:Dartz wrote:Yes, but if this were a nationalist American show, its creators would be crucified.
National Jingoism is not an American exclusive right. It's really no worse than any one of thousands of such shows produced worldwide.
The hypocrisy of it stings as badly as the misplaced blame.
Nations come and nations go. My hope is that one thousand years from now (providing there is still an advanced civilization around), the history books will point to the United States of America as one of the great nations that this planet created.
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