why does america have to be great

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I've read this eye-opening article a while ago: https://stateofmind13.com/2016/05/13/th ... liticians/

Let’s Not Be Proud Of Everyone Who Happens To Be Lebanese Anywhere and Everywhere?

stay away from any information on paulo maluf then

luckily he never got to be president. but under some kind of perfect storm, it could have happened

Interpol has issued a Red Notice to arrest Maluf, extradite him and try him in the United States on charges of conspiracy and criminal possession.[1][2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Maluf


Oh dear....

A brazilian once told me "Lebanese in Brazil are like the Jews, filthy money-mongers and you help only each other".

A brazilian once told me "Lebanese in Brazil are like the Jews, filthy money-mongers and you help only each other".

No offense to the jews, I am just saying his words.

Now I am seeing why he was resentful.

There are probably more Lebanese in Brazil than Lebanon's population, and most of them are Maronite Christians whom their ancestors escaped the Ottoman rule.

Certain themes and memes reappear, including in bigotry.

In 1890 the king of Thailand wrote a book about how much he hated the ethnic Chinese in his country. The title of the book was "The Jews of the Orient".

BTW he was the son and successor to THE "King" who was played by Yul Brynner in the "King and I".

I would take as a compliment, because the jews as a group/community, are historically successful.

A brazilian once told me "Lebanese in Brazil are like the Jews, filthy money-mongers and you help only each other".

No offense to the jews, I am just saying his words.

Now I am seeing why he was resentful.

There are probably more Lebanese in Brazil than Lebanon's population, and most of them are Maronite Christians whom their ancestors escaped the Ottoman rule.

Omg. Jesus help me. Anyone who doesn't want to be here just leave. It's really that simple. It's like listening to a broken record over and over. Bye.

i think we're getting to the core of the matter, and i think i'm starting to get it: it's zero-sum mentality. "if someone else gains anything, it immediately means you lose something". the world may or may not fear the u.s. (the world probably does fear the u.s., because, well, there's reason to), but the world will never respect it as long as it maintains that mentality and that attitude. and you're right: if other countries don't respect yours, then your country risks being bullied. but bullied by whom? exactly by those who are so afraid of being bullied

it's a widely-known fact that the united states was instrumental in the establishment and maintenance of horrible dictatorships throughout south america in the second half of the 20th century (as well as in several other places around the globe). people here don't usually care about it that much, because it's just what empire builders do, and clinging to pride doesn't help anyone. but make no mistake: the world resents and distrusts the u.s., and will only resent it more and more if it doesn't learn to just mind its own business and take care of its own problems (which clearly are plenty)

to give you an idea of what i'm talking about: when the twin towers were struck, i was in high school. immature kids as we were, we didn't care about politeness or political correctness or future implications. so half of the students cheered when they heard the news. the other half just didn't care. and no one cared to reproach those who cheered. we didn't want americans to suffer, we didn't want any wars to happen, but we were just too tired of constantly reading and watching news about the u.s. doing whatever it pleases and never stopping to actually contemplate the consequences of their attitude, simply because those consequences always happened elsewhere, with so many americans blindly following their leaders who preach their inherent righteousness

the bottom line is your country's "greatness" is bad for you. it's what gives you reason to live in fear

I say: it's a widely-known fact that the greedy and stupid politicians in the united states was instrumental in the establishment and maintenance of horrible dictatorships throughout south America in the second half of the 20th century.

Stupid kids.

Besides, believing in American ideals does not constitute expecting anyone to leave. This isn't how democracy works. That is not the characteristics of a free state. We live in America to enjoy freedom and openness, not intolerance and persecution. If we forfeit getting along with each other by saying things like if you don't like something get out of here, we are forgetting or neglecting the ideals of our culture and government.

Besides, believing in American ideals does not constitute expecting anyone to leave. This isn't how democracy works. That is not the characteristics of a free state. We live in America to enjoy freedom and openness, not intolerance and persecution. If we forfeit getting along with each other by saying things like if you don't like something get out of here, we are forgetting or neglecting the ideals of our culture and government.