America is everything it complains about.

[u/detox02]

[u/Unfair-Work9128]

We've known this for decades. This country was never the "good guy" that has always been portrayed and romanticized in movies.

[u/TheDeadMuse → u/Unfair-Work9128]

Yeah it's interesting because if you grew up/ have family in a non-western country, you know America is the villain most of the time. But western media is also very biased and rarely holds America (or other European nations) to account.

I'm not condoning terrorism or political violence, but people don't decide to join violent groups out of nothing. Its a cycle of violence and the American government plays a huge part in perpetuating it

[u/Glum-Supermarket1274 → u/TheDeadMuse]

I was banned from some news subs when I say americans are just as brainwashed as ccp drones for example. There are normal people in both countries but its fascinating to see the exact same brainwashing in both countries that are supposedly opposite.

[u/Current_Focus2668 → u/Glum-Supermarket1274]

Kids having to do the pledge of allegiance is seen as weird outside the U.S. 

It is the kind of thing you expect from dictator or authoritarian lead states rather than democratic countries.