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>>david9+(OP)
We are a society whose culture has become unmoored from the values that built it.

>>unname+wy
Have we? The culture and values that built this country are stained in blood, violence, and subjugation. I feel we are actually losing the enlightenment that came afterwards and regressing back.

>>nickth+0B
Like every other country and ethnic group on earth. I don't understand what's so notable about American history in this regard.

>>Alexan+y21
Well only a couple countries participated in the creation of the Atlantic slave trade, and very few in history have engaged in chattel slavery to the scale the USA did.

>>komali+L31
Seems like a very Americentric perspective. There's still plenty of chattel slavery out there right now[1]. In that respect, the idea that the US is uniquely bad is like the "evil twin" version of American exceptionalism[2].

[1] https://corpaccountabilitylab.org/calblog/2025/8/7/widesprea...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism