The Myth of American Exceptionalism

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That Indian (actually I would say some Indians not most) obsession with Russia and US bashing is not based on rational thinking.
Sure good answer, could be. People are often not rational. We all do the strangest things.
Still, it is a VERY small sample of the population. Is it enough to be representative? Seems almost all Indians choose to live in India.
There might be additional reasons that we are not aware of. Believing others to be stupid or foolish would be the easiest of scape goating methods. Desperate? maybe. Greedy? perhaps. desire for freedom? could be. Plenty we could toss out. Picture is deep. Repercussions of our actions often lasting.
 

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The only reason why very few Indians compared to its entire population migrate to the US and the West in general is that most will not qualify or cannot afford the migration process (or the US and West will not allow such wholesale migration). Most Indians if given a free chance to migrate will move to the US or somewhere else in the West. But very few if not none will migrate to Russia.
 

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The only reason why very few Indians compared to its entire population migrate to the US and the West in general is that most will not qualify or cannot afford the migration process (or the US and West will not allow such wholesale migration). Most Indians if given a free chance to migrate will move to the US or somewhere else in the West. But very few if not none will migrate to Russia.
That once again shows a symptom not a cause of a "disease".

You infer the USA/"West" is better because people want to go there. You even might talk to people there and they will say, the USA is so much better. Then of course you will believe them and know the USA is better. :) sure it is. sure.
 

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That once again shows a symptom not a cause of a "disease".

You infer the USA/"West" is better because people want to go there. You even might talk to people there and they will say, the USA is so much better. Then of course you will believe them and know the USA is better. :) sure it is. sure.

Data is the king. It bypasses biasis in analysis. Otherwise, we'll be locked in subjective counterarguments.

Besides, there is always wisdom in numbers.
 

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Data is the king. It bypasses biasis in analysis. Otherwise, we'll be locked in subjective counterarguments.

Besides, there is always wisdom in numbers.
you write in a second language and you're a faster than I am. Simpson's is so true. The Episode with the Canadian who speaks slowly, so he is placed in the remedial or handicapped class. haha

Of course we have...
“The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” — Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD), Roman Emperor

Also depends upon what we desire most. Perhaps I cannot understand because the things most Indians need or want is not what I need or want.
 

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The Myth of American Exceptionalism exists because America is a exception .

Let me explain -


  1. It is a 22 trillion economy
  2. There are no such big economy in world which is energy independent
  3. Center point of all kinds of innovation in field of science .
  4. Look at geography of America . They dont have any enemy nation .. away from turmoil of Asia .
  5. They attract best of talents from Europe and Asia .
  6. They have civilizational allies in terms of Europe, canda even japan . Now compare this to situation of China and India .. how many civilizational friend they have ? China is hated by all in its neighborhood . India does nt have such thing as well in south Asia and lives in a unstable area . And both china and india are energy depended on foreign countries .. Things in india are worse due to internal matters .
  7. The population of USA has inherited english as language .. Thanks to British it is language of globe and is the digital language .
So it is the exceptional power which gives them ride over that morality question ... Might is right .
 
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The Myth of American Exceptionalism exists because American is a exception .

Let me explain -


  1. It is a 22 trillion economy
  2. There are no such big economy in world which is energy independent
  3. Center point of all kinds of innovation in field of science .
  4. Look at geography of America . They dont have any enemy nation .. away from turmoil of Asia .
  5. They attract best of talents from Europe and Asia .
  6. They have civilizational allies in terms of Europe, canda even japan . Now compare this to situation of China and India .. how many civilizational friend they have ? China is hated by all in its neighborhood . India does nt have such thing as well in south Asia and lives in a unstable area . And both china and india are energy depended on foreign countries .. Things in india are worse due to internal matters .
  7. The population of USA has inherited english as language .. Thanks to British it is language of globe and is the digital language .
So it is the exceptional power which gives them ride over that morality question ...
US will remain "the" global power for at least a couple more centuries.

The average American is a dumb idiot but in any given society, the top 5% does the actual cutting edge work and US leads in that area by a huge margin.

Geography, Military, Economy, Innovation etc i.e US has no weak spot.
 

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Not a couple of centuries but at least the end of this century though.
While I agree with all the points mentioned in post 230, do you think the whole woke culture would let the country remain a superpower?
 

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That Indian (actually I would say some Indians not most) obsession with Russia and US bashing is not based on rational thinking.
We did not do not and will never allow anybody to own any sorts of assets in our country. Not even the russians and so the amreekunts do not even count.

There is no obsession. We are neutral in all of this.
 

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What is your take on that brics as economic powerhouse in 2050ad.
BRICS is dead with Brazilian, Russian and South African economies going down the drain.

Thsoe will be individually China, India, US and supranational unions of ASEAN and EU in 2050.
While I agree with all the points mentioned in post 230, do you think the whole woke culture would let the country remain a superpower?
It will. Military and economic might of US has nothing to do with it. It just hinders growth.
 

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USA thinks of itself as some exceptional country of some sort. Ever since the Ukraine-Russia war had started when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, I have been so many Americans on SM saying things like :-

#Sanction_Russia / #Condemn_Russia / #Help_Ukraine / #Russia_War_Criminals

But these people conveniently Forget what US and it's allies did to Countries like Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan etc. This meme will explain everything I want :-
20220307_190637.jpg
 

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BRICS is dead with Brazilian, Russian and South African economies going down the drain.

Thsoe will be individually China, India, US and supranational unions of ASEAN and EU in 2050.

It will. Military and economic might of US has nothing to do with it. It just hinders growth.
Brazil and Russia are commodity economies. All of them have fairly advanced industries and can always manage to survive based on resource exports alone.

Russia is nowhere close to going down. They have delineated from the USD and are moving towards a gold-backed system. Russia has a massive reserve of coveted resources including rare earths, radioactive fuel, fossil fuel, metals, stones, and whatnot. Plus they are fairly advanced in several niche technologies to keep them chugging smoothly.

Remember, the Western economic analysis presented by the West puts everyone except their vassals in a bad spot.
 

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Brazil and Russia are commodity economies. All of them have fairly advanced industries and can always manage to survive based on resource exports alone.

Russia is nowhere close to going down. They have delineated from the USD and are moving towards a gold-backed system. Russia has a massive reserve of coveted resources including rare earths, radioactive fuel, fossil fuel, metals, stones, and whatnot. Plus they are fairly advanced in several niche technologies to keep them chugging smoothly.

Remember, the Western economic analysis presented by the West puts everyone except their vassals in a bad spot.
Brazil imports most of its fertilizer.
 

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