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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can say as an American that this does make it hard to criticize other countries, especially since it's true.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Only if you all a tu quoque argument to derail you. Unfortunately, most people do because they don't understand why it's a bullshit argument. It's been used in propaganda forever and famously prior to WWII.