But you could make this post? You can't take time out of your day to make a post talking about the harm Trump causes AS AN AMERICAN. who was elected by AMERICANS who have a track history of earning favour and support by bombing US.
You do understand that this is what trump is doing right? He's doing what every president before him has done which is destroying another global southern country for poll points, distraction or lower oil prices.
Destabilising, bombing and exploiting us benefits every american. It gives your currency greater power, it keeps you situated at the very top of the national hierarchy. Your vote has more power than mine, your words have more power than mine, your money has more power than mine.
Nobody is saying that minorities don't suffer. Nobody is saying that you cant be affected by transphobia, misogyny, homophobia. But guess what, ALL of that would be worse if you weren't american.
Every single problem you have, would be worse if you lived in one of the countries America is destabilising, bombing and exploiting.
That is why global southerners are mad about your 'jokes'. Not about the ones talking about trump being a genocidal maniac. But the ones about how you somehow suffer from Trump's actions in OTHER COUNTRIES.
I genuinely dont understand the purpose of going on a spiel about all your issues. Are you actually stupid? I never said americans don't experience marginalisations within their country.
You're gneuinely out here complaining about how people hate all americans 🥺 b-b-but we can be poor and gay too!
The point is that sometimes when you're not at as severe risk as citizens of the global south AND YOU'RE FUCKING NOT. You have to be able to put aside your own 'well i suffer too', and talk about the fact that people are suffering more than you and stand against that.
Some of your jokes will read as offensive to venezuelans, yemenis, afghans and everyone else AMERICA is currently fucking over right now.
Individual americans do have problems but they are not the main victim of trump DESTABILISING OTHER NATIONS. And when you're an american, joking about other americans hurting EVERYONE ELSE it might piss some people off.
You benefit from imperialism.
Even the most marginalised, most poor and downtrodden American benefits from the opportunities imperialism offers you. They benefit from not being a global southerner.
And I cant believe I have to say this, but that is not overridden by the fact that you also have problems. Those problems would be worse if you were from the global south. Talking about all the hundred problem you have, which are real btw, does not change the fact that being american is a privilege, and one that is very often wielded to hurt all citizens of global southern countries.
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