Do you think America as a nation is genuine? (sh.itjust.works)

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Kind of a vague question. But I guess anyone that responds can state their interpretation.

Edit: I guess I'm asking because everything I've learned about America seems to not be what I was told? Idk how to explain it. Like it feels like USA is one event away from ~~a civil war~~ outright corruption and turning into a D class country.

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[-] wersooth@lemmy.ml 51 points 3 months ago

that's not a nation, just 4 corporations in a trench coat.

[-] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 months ago

Okay but which nation isn't?

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

It depends. America is really big, so it needs more corporations to fill a coat.

The Uk is just 1.5 corporations in a trench coat

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

And a royal family.

[-] Skua@kbin.social 8 points 3 months ago

You seen their estates? They're the half corporation

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

France. Motherfuckers will go on strike at the drop of a hat. I wish, at least in Canada, we had the same kind of guts. Quebec is the closest but not nearly close enough.

[-] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Ah, yes, strike, the national sport of France.

[-] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 0 points 3 months ago

I love the French for being the most outspoken people among the European countries and having a ton of good initiatives going on. But don't idolize them, most of their population is just as braindead and complacent as the rest of us Europeans, and their general unwillingness to speak English like most other Europeans hinders the spreading of their radical initiatives in the rest of Europe. (Sorry for the blatant generalizing. Not every French, not every European, .....)

[-] Pronell@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Cuba?

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