Birthplace of jazz and constitutional democracy. That's not bad. Of course, we should be free to criticize and try to improve the US, but let's acknowledge that there are good, redeeming features.
I think people sometimes conflate loving America with not being able to criticize America. On the right, if someone sees you criticizing American imperialism, you'll be accused of hating America. On the other hand, you can freely criticize American imperialism but then it's sometimes implicitly assumed you hate America (or at least it's unfashionable to say you still love America).
Overall though, the only point I would additionally make is that the vast majority of covert action in American history is negative. CIA backed coups and/or groups in Iran, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Chile, Congo, Haiti, Brazil did a lot of damage to those countries.... and those are only the ones we know about. I will concede though that American intervention where we actively deploy troops has typically seen higher rates of success (with the exception of Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan).
I think the main critique against american imperialism is a moral critique specially from a muslim like me (for my views, check Sayyid Qutb's American I have seen, Timothy Mitchell's Carbon Democracy: Political Power in Age of Oil, Herbert Schiller's Mass Communications and American Empire). America's unfettered consumerism largely commodified the human existence and left little room for any genuine experience (still seeking it more with Artificial Intelligence) and transformed humans to mere computer or ruthless animals searching for money. More importantly, its aspiration for expanding markets in developing countries has tied many to loan-based life under authoritarian regimes serving the West's interests and left many more in bad health conditions because of overworking. People talk so much about the material progress, but as someone who subscribe that humans are moral agents, United States can be solely considered the country that ended any universal moral framework to the world (Europe still has some sort of idealism along with Asia). Additionally, people can live longer now (but also childbearing takes much longer and moreover, what is the point of living longer to see 4 more violent conflicts rather than big two?).
Alongside that, there is no true justification for why we ought to be proud to be American in this writing. You need to provide proof why American exceptionalism triumphs the decade of terrorism, genocide and heartbreak committed under the American veil. You should be proud to an American, but your justifications for the ay sentiment seem intrinsically vague, condescending and most of all staggeringly ignorant. Reconsider your stance and welcome critique of your nation. This essay rests on the idea that ANY critique of america is inherently unamerican, and that any related premise needs to be rebutted in order to protect Americanisms. You SHOULD be able to critique imperialism. This writing needs to take the objectively correct stance that critique of imperialism can coexist with American pride. The premise here that any criticism ought to be critiqued and scrutinized goes directly against American values.
Rare terrible take. Justifying any colonialist intervention is opening the door for other atrocities and genocides to occur under the American veil. You are falling for a mantra that has killed millions, and will continue to.
Birthplace of jazz and constitutional democracy. That's not bad. Of course, we should be free to criticize and try to improve the US, but let's acknowledge that there are good, redeeming features.
I think people sometimes conflate loving America with not being able to criticize America. On the right, if someone sees you criticizing American imperialism, you'll be accused of hating America. On the other hand, you can freely criticize American imperialism but then it's sometimes implicitly assumed you hate America (or at least it's unfashionable to say you still love America).
Overall though, the only point I would additionally make is that the vast majority of covert action in American history is negative. CIA backed coups and/or groups in Iran, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Chile, Congo, Haiti, Brazil did a lot of damage to those countries.... and those are only the ones we know about. I will concede though that American intervention where we actively deploy troops has typically seen higher rates of success (with the exception of Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan).
You cannot fix a broken system with its broken tools and America is not great even to most of its citizens.
I think the main critique against american imperialism is a moral critique specially from a muslim like me (for my views, check Sayyid Qutb's American I have seen, Timothy Mitchell's Carbon Democracy: Political Power in Age of Oil, Herbert Schiller's Mass Communications and American Empire). America's unfettered consumerism largely commodified the human existence and left little room for any genuine experience (still seeking it more with Artificial Intelligence) and transformed humans to mere computer or ruthless animals searching for money. More importantly, its aspiration for expanding markets in developing countries has tied many to loan-based life under authoritarian regimes serving the West's interests and left many more in bad health conditions because of overworking. People talk so much about the material progress, but as someone who subscribe that humans are moral agents, United States can be solely considered the country that ended any universal moral framework to the world (Europe still has some sort of idealism along with Asia). Additionally, people can live longer now (but also childbearing takes much longer and moreover, what is the point of living longer to see 4 more violent conflicts rather than big two?).
Alongside that, there is no true justification for why we ought to be proud to be American in this writing. You need to provide proof why American exceptionalism triumphs the decade of terrorism, genocide and heartbreak committed under the American veil. You should be proud to an American, but your justifications for the ay sentiment seem intrinsically vague, condescending and most of all staggeringly ignorant. Reconsider your stance and welcome critique of your nation. This essay rests on the idea that ANY critique of america is inherently unamerican, and that any related premise needs to be rebutted in order to protect Americanisms. You SHOULD be able to critique imperialism. This writing needs to take the objectively correct stance that critique of imperialism can coexist with American pride. The premise here that any criticism ought to be critiqued and scrutinized goes directly against American values.
I don’t think you understand half of the words you’re typing
I don't think this essay is even about imperialism... unless you view that as interchangeable with global intervention
Rare terrible take. Justifying any colonialist intervention is opening the door for other atrocities and genocides to occur under the American veil. You are falling for a mantra that has killed millions, and will continue to.
What does “colonialist” mean to you and where has America set up a colony?