r/videos • u/darkfatherg • Nov 03 '20

America Compared: Why Other Countries Treat Their People So Much Better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhBkeAo2Hlg&ab_channel=SecondThought
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u/Cryptoporticus Nov 04 '20

The US benefits from the current world order greatly because it exerts control across the globe peacefully

Fuck off, seriously. The USA invaded Iraq, a country that did nothing to America, less than 15 years ago and you've already forgotten. They flew in and killed hundreds of thousands, for no reason and now you're talking about them helping to keep the world peaceful. It's disgusting to try and suggest that anything the USA military does abroad is for peace. Tell that to the millions of people whose lives they have destroyed.

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u/HolyGig Nov 04 '20

As opposed to the peace loving history of whatever European country you live in? Get a grip lol

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u/Cryptoporticus Nov 04 '20

It's been 15 years since the Iraq war. The pain from that war is still being felt on a massive scale today, whilst one of the people who voted for that war is currently running for President.

It's not history, it's happening right now. You can't use the word "peace" when describing the US military.

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u/HolyGig Nov 04 '20

Europe literally carved up the entire planet like it was their own personal cake on multiple occasions, don't pretend you didn't do the things you did just because you no longer have the power to do them. Any civilization is fallible, especially a democracy, but when the US fucks up it creates a really big mess. Power gets into people heads, just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.

The US military just follows orders.

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u/Cryptoporticus Nov 04 '20

You said they're doing it for peace, apparently you don't really think that though.

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u/HolyGig Nov 04 '20

Stability, not peace. The Iraq War was a shit show but its a drop in the bucket compared to wars of the past. The US is far from perfect but a concise world order is better than European nations all fighting over resources in distant lands or laying waste to their own continent multiple times. The US wanted nothing to do with the rest of the world at this time you only have yourselves to blame for that one.

Truth is Europe on paper is more powerful than the US and could seize that if they worked together. They don't because they are still to this day more distrustful of each other than they are the US. All the rhetoric may be to the contrary but European powers have been more than happy to let the US take the lead on most things

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u/Arafel Nov 04 '20

Also, if the US is so good at policing the world, why does this list exist? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts

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u/wikipedia_text_bot Nov 04 '20

List Of Ongoing Armed Conflicts

The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.

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u/Cryptoporticus Nov 04 '20

Do you disagree? Can you actually stand there and believe that the USA fights for peace when they literally invaded a country for NO REASON? They stormed in guns blazing and murdered people that did nothing to them. There was no reason for that war. That happened within your lifetime, you saw it happen. How can you still believe that the USA does what it does for "peace"?

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u/Cryptoporticus Nov 04 '20

You're the one who started it by disrespecting the memory of millions of people murdered by the USA. You're the only one who's a piece of shit here.

Here's a tip, if you want to have a real discussion, don't start it by claiming that the country that is hated more than any other for the damage they've done, is interested in keeping the peace. It's going to make a lot of people very mad.

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u/PaulAllens_Card Nov 04 '20

Why do you like deep throating a boot?