various assassinations, the brink of nuclear apocalypse, an unpopular political war away from home that caused a social movement, and political espionage.

It’s like we’re cursed.

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    4 months ago

    I don’t think this is only true for your nation. I mean, I’m from Belgium, not only did this nation massacre a lot of people in the Congo, it also provided the uranium for the Manhattan Project and the ensuing Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima.

    It’s not (per se) nations that get the worst out of us, it’s the power structures controlling such nations.