Quote (Prox1m1ty @ 6 Mar 2023 23:57)
When I hear people from developed countries with very high living standards say things to the effect of
"We are enslaved by our government and the system"
I understand where they are coming from, but I equally want to deliver a pile driver off the top ropes.
Don't take for granted the things we have that billions of people didn't have in the past and don't even have today.
I thought about Korea as perhaps the original Korean war. China + NK vs US + SK
But as a proxy conflict.
Oh ok I see where you are coming from, but that was during the Crazy Communist Versus USA conflict int the early 1950s.
Half of Korea wanted Marxist style of government and the other Half preferred the " West " version. That half that wanted the " West " Version was completely
right because the US was considered the hero at that time which is absolutely
true.
But things changed a lot of the past 60 years. The interference in Korean elections , the force sale of " poisoned " beef to South Korea, the " crimes " of American GI's towards South Korean citizens in South Korea have created Anti American sentiments in the past 30 odd years.
There is actually Anti American sentiments in Japan as well because of similar situations.
I can give you an explanation as to why. There are American troops in Europe and American troops in the East i.e South Korea and Japan. So why are there more Anti American sentiments in the East as compared to the West?
The Answer is rather simple actually.
Crimes committed in the West by American troops , the domestic and local laws will melt out the punishment by that country's law.
Those that are committed by American troops in the West , the sovereign country cannot punish the troops , the American military will just bring those offenders back to USA for tribunal, and most of the time they get very short sentences or they are being pardoned after 1 or 2 years in prison.
This post was edited by Hamsterbaby on Mar 6 2023 10:13am