https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/the-us-is-the-absolute-worst-notes/comments
I agree with the thesis and about 95% of the content here.
All except the nearl-anti-Vax and anti-AOC parts (though I will concede, AOC is not strongly anti-Imperialist, but pining for a 3rd party sweep does little good).
I've had the "US is the worst empire" in mind for at least 10 years now. It's not one I can get many friends to agree with however.
Nowadays many are primed to fight back against the valid "10's of millions" charge with the made up claim that "Communism (or particular Communist countries) killed 100 million." Which is utterly wrong on many levels. Or if it's not wrong, then it can be equivalently shown that Capitalism has killed billions.
Caitlin defuses this counterattack with the focus on "no other country is doing this now," a pretty good approach.
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