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[Socialistlemur]

25. It doesn't help much

I'm not an advocate of US imperialism. I'm just explaining the country behaves as it does due to human nature. Rather than criticizing in a broad fashion I'm suggesting that Americans do what they should do to live up to their lofty ideas about themselves, so they will have to go way up to a more than human status.

I think it's possible but I realize its asking a lot for millions of people who have been raised thinking they are "exceptional" to understand they are just like everybody else. Possibly this approach will give them the insight that to be truly exceptional they would have to learn to avoid so much use of violence.

I'm not worried about "telling people what to do". The problem arises when they think others are to do as they say or else. And of course the US doesn't listen, and it sure works hard to cover its tracks when it screws up.

I'll use an example I think may be less controversial: USA's war on drugs is a gigantic mess, Uruguay legalized marihuana and quite a few Americans think current federal law sucks. Maybe the USA could take a small step and follow Uruguay's lead. I think Obama is a fine dude, but the government is crawling with dinosaurs.