• Seasoned_Greetings
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    5 months ago

    You seem to have this idea of “what America is” like all 350 million of us are born with the natural free spirit and sense of rebellion to just want to separate for the sake of separation.

    The US was founded because the monarchy oppressed the colonies and taxed us without representation. That’s literally the only time the US ever “left” anything, and that was to get away from a monarchy. The only other time it happened we waged the bloodiest war on our soil in our history to make sure it didn’t.

    There’s no monarchy here, brother. Why do you have this idea that we all just want to get away?

    What the US is actually about is celebrating diversity. We are the melting pot of the world. By definition there’s no unified “what we are about” mindset.

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      5 months ago

      Like I said elsewhere the US put self determination into the UN. It’s a concept they seem to hold dear.

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        5 months ago

        Alright, so you’ve got two examples… In 300 years. You’re sure you’re not projecting what you want the US to be onto it?

        Not to mention that support of the UN is functionally limited to and decided by a few hundred of us in the federal government, out of 350 million of us. That example in particular isn’t even a good one, hardly indicative of “the spirit of the US”. Ask the average American what they think of the UN. They will say “European group with European problems”. Yes, we’re that ignorant as a whole.

        So what are you even talking about?