Comments by "chaosXpert" (@chaosXP3RT) on "" video.
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1) This is untrue. Believe it or not, it's mostly patriotism/nationalism. For a long time, even during the Cold War and today, many Americans believes themselves as the World Policeman and that American interests were the World's interests. Even capitalist monopolies are expected to bend the will to sanctions and this is evident by all the Western companies leaving Russia out of the fear of public perception as well as Western government's legislative power
2) This is hard to say. The US and the CIA have definitely been responsible for a lot of insurgencies in the world, but not all. And the degree that the US influences these compared to how much they spring up on their own is debatable.
3) This is false. The US currently leads international cooperation and has led it since the end of WWII.
4) This is true.
5) This is mostly false and the US was a huge factor in the breaking up of the British and French empires. Although, while the US remained allies of old colonial powers, it was easy for the USSR to spin the narrative to make it seem the US was pro-colonialism. The Philippines, a colony of the USA, was even given independence in 1948, which has actually been promised to the Philippines before WWII, but it was delayed by the Japanese invasion.
6) This is somewhat true. American businesses do influence US politics through things like lobbying. Although American politician also influence businesses and monopolies. Even forcing them to break up into smaller trusts.
7) This is true, but it's much more of a recent development. Blue-collar jobs used to be a lot better. They provided good healthcare, good pay and stable careers that ballooned the American middle class after WWII. Unions were strong and effective. Now in some ways, Unions are corrupt middlemen, but at the same time, working without a Union is really shitty.
8) This is true. Anti-Communist hysteria/anti-Socialism was way overblown and we're still feeling the affects today. However, I don't approve of the West Coast Communist/Anarchist ideologes either that have seemingly really spread recently.
9) Kinda talked about already
10) This is true as much as I hate to admit it. I'm not sure about the national discrimination. The US is country made up of many different nationalities and currently only bout 60% of the population is white. While there are time in American history of discrimination against the Irish, Italians, Germans, the Chinese and Mexicans, it hardly seems unique to the USA. The target seems to move with whatever national crisis is occuring and it happens regularly in other countries. American racial discrimination is a result of slavery and the American Civil War. It's a stain on our society that it very difficult to remove. People don't understand how their ancestors could've fought for slavery and they look for another excuse while still harboring deep racial biases.
11) This is true, although, I imagine it's not actually how the Soviets portrayed it.
12) The US has high standards of living, depending on where you live. So this is true.
13) This is false. American culture is not collapsing. It has spread across the world in many ways and remains strong here in the USA. From our own music to slang and dialects, to sports, food and fashion, American culture is intact and constantly evolving.
14) This is false. American healthcare is really amazing, if you can access it without going broke.
15) This is true, but only so far as the last 20-30 years. Bush's "No child left behind" act really hurt US public education despite it's seemingly good intentions.
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