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I was scrolling through top/day, and all the memes are criticizing America. Oil memes and stuff like that. Why is that (not the memes in themselves, but the near unanimousness of the themes)?

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[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The "america bad" people have a point. The "america bad, Europe good" people are delusional. The US would have to last another 3000 years to even come close to the atrocities committed by Europeans.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That most countries did like centuries ago?

Nice whataboutism though, comrade.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I thought someone might go that route, so I came prepared. Even if we ignore Russia (located in Asia but absolutely culturally European) europeans have been responsible for no less than 6 genocides in the last hundred years.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Europe isn't a country. Its like 50! So my point still stands.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Tell that to the redditor types constantly making US vs europe comparisons. It's either a monolith or it's not, not just when it's convenient.