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The borderline literal deification of slave owning planters is the silliest part of the American Civil Religion
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Hey look, it's George Washington but with the body of fucking Zeus
isn't even that absurd tbh
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"