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Have you ever traveled outside of America? (Not to Canada or Mexico) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by lunatique@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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If you don't know less than 50% of Americans have a passport. The ones who don't, I really see the limitation in their thinking. They never saw that most of the world is in fact freer than them, has a better system in place for their people, and doesn't have some of the major problems that America has. I'm currently in a country where over 90% of items are made in that country. America (made in China) can't comprehend this efficiency. P.S. I'm American

The thing that gets me though is how dangerous many Americans say other parts of the world is without having ever been there lol. I travel and I'll tell you America is the MOST dangerous country outside of warzones. Yes even more dangerous that Arab countries for women. Lol I know that propaganda is in a lot of Americans minds.

OK so who's actually been outside the country and can talk geopolitics and actually know from experience what they are talking about?

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[–] lunatique@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That's actually funny. They were FORCED to demilitarized because their new master USA walked into the room and didn't want their military getting any funny ideas about Japan being used as a big military base for US troops. Which still happens till this day. South Korea is just as bad. They are the main Asian puppets of America

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Japan was forced to be demilitarized, but the US could have easily let Japan militarize as a US vassal state under the control of an American alliance, but it didn't.

In regards to South Korea, it could choose to open negotiations to merge with North Korea. We even saw a conservative South Korean President impeached; the political implication bring a more pro-North Korean president taking power.

[–] lunatique@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's in a world where America is defeated. You're underestimating how evil USA is

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 day ago

Pax Americana has led to the dismantling of empires and the bimodal economic distribution disappearing. It was an improvement over the older world order.