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[–] 32 points 1 year ago (5 children)

As an American who grew up on its proclaimed hegemony and superiority, yes, please. I think there is really something to the idea of "The American spirit" once you strip away the toxic cultures of individualism, corporatism, and blind self-aggrandizing; we were lied (propogandized) to for decades about being "the best", and the result is some folks who would do awesome things if the fucking societal compass of this place could be directed toward real social and societal good. You know, equity, progress, a sense of self-preservation when it comes to the climate/environment...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    I am sorry but your user name is incredibly on point for this comment.

    Yes, maybe once we were, we had some kind of admirable core of 'practical utilitarianism and basic fairness in a local community'...

    But... we have now become the mask, forgotten all but warped, distant, misremembered echoes of some former self we used to be.

    Skull kid may be in there somewhere, broken and crying and confused ... but we have become monstrous and dangerous to the point that hardly matters.

    We are the villain, our tragic backstory may matter in a narrative sense... but ironically, not in a practical sense.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    So what you're saying is, we need four giants and the Song of Healing.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I would say we either need a celestial impact directly into washington dc...

    Or, we all need to find our fierce diety masks.

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