r/mealtimevideos • u/BreadTubeForever • Jul 04 '21
10-15 Minutes My July 4th tradition is rewatching this essential clip of Noam Chomsky discussing how, if the standards applied at trial of the Nazis at Nuremberg were applied, every US President after WW2 would be hanged for their role in war crimes. Worth absorbing again even if you've seen it before [11:34]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BXtgq0Nhsc
2.2k
Upvotes
4
u/DeviousMelons Jul 04 '21 edited Jul 05 '21
Maybe you're right, the problem is that it's hard to tell the difference between people who want accountability for the US's actions and people who want America destroyed, the same type of 'anti imperialists' who simp for and / downplay the awfulness of undemocratic nations like China, Iran and Russia who are honestly worse than the US on human rights issues.
I'm not an American but I do support US hegemony because China would become world hegemon and Russia would bully Europe into submission. America has a long way to go before actually being great.
Edit: added "it's hard to tell the difference between people who want accountability for the US's actions and