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What does the USA do better than other countries?

I'm not going to believe it. Our govt often announces that we killed some super terrorist, and nothing comes of it.

Remember when Biden droned 7 innocent children during the Afghanistan exit, then wasn't held accountable for both: The terribly executed the exit plan, by removing military assets before civilian assets, and the killing of 7 kids?

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Newly Declassified Video Shows U.S. Killing of 10 Civilians in Drone Strike (Published 2022)

The New York Times obtained footage of the botched strike in Kabul, whose victims included seven children, through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
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CFC said:
I might be inclined to respond that this isn't a thought process most Western Europeans have to contend with or bother intellectualizing because we generally enjoy more peaceful societies and don't live in fear of getting shot every time we pop out to the store. I might also be inclined to respond that your freedom thus comes with certain costs that invalidate the idea that it's actually freedom. But, eh, anyway... ;)
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This coming from the continent that brought us two world wars ? And centuries of imperialism and colonialism ?

I‘m not saying the US isn’t violent as well. But I think it manifests in different ways.

To say that Europeans are simply more peaceful is not entirely accurate imo
 
Electrum1 said:
I'm not going to believe it. Our govt often announces that we killed some super terrorist, and nothing comes of it.

Remember when Biden droned 7 innocent children during the Afghanistan exit, then wasn't held accountable for both: The terribly executed the exit plan, by removing military assets before civilian assets, and the killing of 7 kids?

www.nytimes.com

Newly Declassified Video Shows U.S. Killing of 10 Civilians in Drone Strike (Published 2022)

The New York Times obtained footage of the botched strike in Kabul, whose victims included seven children, through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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What happened at the exit of Afghanistan was boarderline a war crime….
 
Americans are best at:

- film
- novels
- technological innovation (at least since the mid-20th century)
- financial markets
- exporting their way of life to other places
- pharmaceuticals
- inventing more-or-less every massively-popular musical genre since the early 20th century
- popularizing important recreational drugs (e.g. LSD, MDMA)
- military strength
- attracting brilliant people
- attracting people, generally (it's the desired destination for more migrants than anywhere else)
- universities (maybe not all of them, but at the highest levels)

This is just off the top of my head, I'm sure I could keeping listing things for a long time. America is the most interesting place in the world, frankly. Yes, it might seem somewhat insane to the other Anglo countries and to the Western Europeans but you have to give it its due.
 
S.J.B. said:
Americans are best at:

- film
- novels
- technological innovation (at least since the mid-20th century)
- financial markets
- exporting their way of life to other places
- pharmaceuticals
- inventing more-or-less every massively-popular musical genre since the early 20th century
- popularizing important recreational drugs (e.g. LSD, MDMA)
- military strength
- attracting brilliant people
- attracting people, generally (it's the desired destination for more migrants than anywhere else)
- universities (maybe not all of them, but at the highest levels)

This is just off the top of my head, I'm sure I could keeping listing things for a long time. America is the most interesting place in the world, frankly. Yes, it might seem somewhat insane to the other Anglo countries and to the Western Europeans but you have to give it its due.
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I think we also made it popular for women to wear spandex yoga pants in public, which is cool, unless you're Mal, or it's all fat chicks wearing them
 
Las Veghost grower said:
Dudes SF…he’s seen more shit than 99.9% of Americans and knows what’s going on overseas
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Alright, I'll check him out more. I felt his message is pro-regime, claiming another no-name terrorist was killed

You don't post bs on here, so I generally trust you
 
alasdairm said:
the 2021 index ranks the u.s. overall in 15th place behind the likes of switzerland, new zealand, denmark, estonia, ireland, canada, finland, australia, sweden, and luxembourg.
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"Some freedoms that could be clearly identified, such as the freedom to use drugs, could not be included because internationally comparable data could not be found."

That's unfortunate.
 
Electrum1 said:
Alright, I'll check him out more. I felt his message is pro-regime, claiming another no-name terrorist was killed

You don't post bs on here, so I generally trust you
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Well I don’t know about that, I have my own opinions based on what I feel to be facts but im sure plenty of people think their ludicrous based on what they consider facts, but the exchange of ideas is what we’re here for right ?
 
Las Veghost grower said:
Well I don’t know about that, I have my own opinions based on what I feel to be facts but im sure plenty of people think their ludicrous based on what they consider facts, but the exchange of ideas is what we’re here for right ?
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Exchange of ideas is great. What I don't trust is where those ideas originated, and who is pushing those ideas.

I just have a gut feeling that Kennedy is bad
 
Electrum1 said:
Exchange of ideas is great. What I don't trust is where those ideas originated, and who is pushing those ideas.

I just have a gut feeling that Kennedy is bad
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He’s a little bit of a cowboy, but he has a pretty extensive and impressive military career and understands the inner working in a way only someone that been around the block on the front line can, all these operators pretty much say the same thing across all branches
 
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