• Machinist3359@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Pointing out flaws in the country shouldn’t be seen as a personal attack or critique. Many of the victims of America are it’s citizens (e.g., the incarcerated).

    Nationalism just twists the government into our personal identity to manipulate us. Making fun of the government/system is healthy.

    This isn’t “Americans dumb” content, which attacks the actual citizens and understandably may weigh on someone.

    • DreamerOfImprobableDreams@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      There’s a difference between “America has serious problems,let’s get to work fixing them” and “America is inherently evil and can’t be saved (and you’re an idiot at best, a right-wing plant at worst for thinking otherwise)”. The former fires people up to start making progess, the latter shuts people down or causes them to tune out of politics altogether.

      And to be blunt, this particular meme feels like it’s falling more in the second category than the first, at least to me.

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      1 year ago

      I’m extremely happy to see a real conversation happening. This is actually worth reading, and not just another idiotic shouting match.