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[–] dudeface@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The experiment was going ok for a while

So well in fact other countries adopted a lot from you, yet you never saw improvements on your systems to be emulated at all

Weird suicide of a nation that never needed to happen

[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The experiment started with genocide, then slavery, and never really stopped doing either. They've been at war for all but roughly 20 years of their 250 year existence. Tens of millions of dead civilians around the world.

[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

England's latch key kid after the divorce

[–] dudeface@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I would argue that’s a holdover from the Europeans and while they became more enlightened and peaceful the Americans took no lessons

[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Lol, the Europeans which still preside over colonies and are 2 steps behind America in their fascist rise?

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Europe ain't my rope to swing on

Can't learn a thing from it

Yet we hang from it