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Old 06-23-2015, 03:01 PM   #1536
CliffFletcher
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I oft think to myself how ironic it is to hear all this anti-Russian rhetoric in mainstream media, yet America certainly is one of the most backward countries around. Poverty, crime, corruption, gun culture, religious zealots, the imperial system...
It does seem peculiar that two of the greatest powers in the world are home to so many fearful, paranoid, violent people. The USA, despite its prosperity and its isolation from real conventional military threats, is a society seething in a cauldron of fear. I don't know where it comes from. Is is something to do with religion? Can a civil war 150 years ago have left such lasting wounds? Is it really all about race, and the visceral fear of the rampaging black man attacking white women? It's a baffling and terrifying culture.
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