LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoThe borderline literal deification of slave owning planters is the silliest part of the American Civil Religionhexbear.netimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1140arrow-down1imageThe borderline literal deification of slave owning planters is the silliest part of the American Civil Religionhexbear.netLaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·4 months agoI was trying to explain this to a European and they really just were not getting it. “All countries have nationalism!” “all countries have exceptionalism!” : (
minus-squareLaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 months ago“No, like the American stuff makes Italian fascist art look tasteful.”
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoTo be fair many Europeans do think Italian fascist art look tasteful.
minus-squarecomrade_pibb [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·4 months agoAMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM IS THE BEST is a tough sell, yeah
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months ago“The world spanning genocidal nuclear empire’s high self confidence has some distinctive features that distinguish it from, like, idfk, greece”
I was trying to explain this to a European and they really just were not getting it. “All countries have nationalism!” “all countries have exceptionalism!” : (
“No, like the American stuff makes Italian fascist art look tasteful.”
To be fair many Europeans do think Italian fascist art look tasteful.
AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM IS THE BEST is a tough sell, yeah
“The world spanning genocidal nuclear empire’s high self confidence has some distinctive features that distinguish it from, like, idfk, greece”