How can someone agree with this, and claim they love America? The government structure is one of the main tenants of America. What do you enjoy about this country if not that?

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 37 points 3 days ago

cops, soldiers, nascar, beer, and cheeseburgers with hotdogs on them.

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[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 23 points 3 days ago

If the government isn't letting me enslave my fellow man it's not my government! After all that's what the founding fathers wanted!

[–] Lyudmila@hexbear.net 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I feel like the American continent has some good geography. Andes mountains, Grand Canyon, Atacama desert, Niagara Falls, cenotes...

[–] KnilAdlez@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

All of that existed before America and will exist after it is gone

[–] Lyudmila@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Absolutely, none of this has anything to do with the government of the United States. When Americans say they "love America," 99% of them are thinking of things other than the USA as a nation-state. This is why they can't fathom the concept that someone would hate America, and why it upsets them so much. I've had this conversation out with dozens of boomers and terminally burgerbrained xennials. Political literacy simply does not exist in the US.

The 1% of people who are talking about loving the concept of the US as a political entity are Hamilton libs who are imagining civility, decorum, and the aesthetics of American democracy. Everybody else is thinking about baseball, the Mississippi River, grilling in the back yard, or some other vibe that has nothing to do with the federal government as it actually exists.

[–] falgscode@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

sucks that half of those have a yellow filter that really mutes their vibrancy and grandeur