I want America to prosper and I want to protect American values from right-wing radicals that are in charge. I'm very passionate about it. In fact, I live in a red state and I want it to just be better and no longer radicalized by lies and hate.

I very passionately want America to heal from this illness of hate and apathy.

If that makes me a bad person, then fuck me I guess.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 hours ago

American values

The values of the US settler-colonial project, are native eviction, and genocide.

The values of the indigenous peoples were not considered worthy to the european settlers, so they did their best to wipe out hundreds of peoples/tribes/cultures. You either don't know that history, or worse, you are proud of it.

I highly suggest reading both An indigenous people's history of the US by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, or her Not a nation of immigrants.

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

"American values" are freedom for a few selected individuals, this shit is ass.

The values that you probably want is incompatible with capitalism and never truly existed in America, you love the idea of it not the reality.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 hours ago

The US Empire is a genocidal settler-colony. It cannot be rescued from itself, it needs to be overthrown.