• EnderMB@lemmy.worldBanned
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    2 years ago

    As a non-American, how is that any different from America?

    Many big countries are basically the same, with the belief that their armed forces are “the best”, with hours of pop propaganda around how their marines or special ops are the best in the world.

    • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      You’re not wrong. Americans have a lot of “America fuck yeah!” energy going on, the difference really would be that when we break from that mentality and start going “what the fuck America?” we don’t get arrested and put in jail or forcibly conscripted into a war we didn’t ask for.

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      2 years ago

      From what I can tell, America has better access to alternative viewpoints and the ability to express them largely without fear.

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        2 years ago

        Yeah, when germans are proud about their army it’s if a tank can be loaded on a semi using it’s own engine power.