Unaliving TendenciesWhy are US leftists so addicted to the narrative that the US is the only country where state repression exists
Like ever since Trump came back I've seen so many posts that are like "if you wonder why people in the US don't rise up, this is why" *describes something that could happen anywhere*
Riot cops blinded a CNTE member the other day and then the next day the CNTE went right back out there
slow learner deep feeler🦋🌿❤️🔥USians, middle class at least, are cowards.
🌹🔪Big Tuff Al🌹💪@julieofthespirits stop chatting with those two people?
Sailor Anarres@julieofthespirits extension of the all consuming "American exceptionalism" mindset it sucks
Netzblockierer@julieofthespirits because US-cebtric world view is a problem.
- The only cure is global exposure, and few people ever travel beyond their imminent neighbouring countries' borders…
William@julieofthespirits I don't have a good answer, but I suspect it has a lot to do with geography, economics, and media consumption. The US covers an immense land mass such that most people will never meet a person from another subculture let alone country. Most of us who worry about our government can't even afford to travel to another country. Top all that off with corpo media who mostly pretends nothing happens elsewhere in the world unless the US is directly involved.
carla joy@julieofthespirits perhaps a little thing called american exceptionalism (which all settler states have, including canada) has a lot to do with it.....
morton@julieofthespirits
There's an American series set in the 19th century. An immigrant, a veteran of the Franco-Prussian War, claims he doesn't know how to use a firearm. Americans, convinced of their uniqueness, believe that European wars were fought with sticks.
Because you Americans live in the belief that you have the best of everything. You were raised to have the best country, the best democracy, the best culture. Therefore, you are also the best racists, you have the best repression, and so on. We Europeans live in the belief that we have the best of everything, including racism. Sometimes we add the rebellious colony of Great Britain to the circle of the best racists and imperialists.
There's an American series set in the 19th century. An immigrant, a veteran of the Franco-Prussian War, claims he doesn't know how to use a firearm. Americans, convinced of their uniqueness, believe that European wars were fought with sticks.
Because you Americans live in the belief that you have the best of everything. You were raised to have the best country, the best democracy, the best culture. Therefore, you are also the best racists, you have the best repression, and so on. We Europeans live in the belief that we have the best of everything, including racism. Sometimes we add the rebellious colony of Great Britain to the circle of the best racists and imperialists.
nerd teacher 🦇@julieofthespirits I imagine it's much the narrative the allows enough of them to get sucked in (whether by choice or by being ill-informed) to narratives of how authoritarian countries are ~truly communist~ or are actually good because they provide a service that the US doesn't have free access to.
[Edit: Skimming replies, I'm remind that I want to kick people who think travelling outside their borders is a cure to any of this shit. People can live in one place forever, never travelling outside the borders they're told they belong to, and still be empathetic to the plights of people across the world. Meanwhile, I've met so many people who've done extensive travelling only to learn nothing and be so immersed in nothing but their own personal sphincters.]
Seiðr@julieofthespirits Because they drink from the same USAmerican exceptionalism the rest of their culture does and most of them have not been elsewhere or shown an interest for elsewhere. It's main protagonist syndrome on a national scale..