juliaoceania
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And you'd have to explain on the whole....why the US population on average has a far more comfortable existence than say the Russian population yet this is detrimental to the US. You can always find a flaw in a system...that's a given...but in order to support your point you need to explain why it would be a more attractive proposition to be a member of a society other than the US...particularly thinking of the more revolutionary inclined societies here....
So you think that the principle of top/down is so superior to other models that could be conceived of that it is always preferable to revolution? Americans, by and large, are not completely against revolution when it seems as though it could lead to a better outcome for them... remember, we have had a revolution to start this project up in the first place, and we have had one civil war to keep it together. We have had riots in our streets just a couple of decades ago, so your assertion that the USA is like this shining model of how to have a civil society does not pan out on multiple levels....
We support the largest military project in the world, in more countries than any other country has ever been in with our troops, we spend more money on enforcing the status quo from the top down than any other country ever has, and we are supposed to support this institutional violence all over the world to keep our society going? Ideals are the only way to combat such things
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