When was America great?

It's nothing but a fascist catch cry aimed towards White Nationalists and imperialists evoking a time and place that never existed. "Make America Great Again" re. Monocultural, militaristic, isolationist, and anti-immigration. That's all.

America was never perfect and certainly not perfect for everyone. The US did have some great moments though. How about when we landed on the moon? What about when we helped out Europe during world war II (We got in late but we got in and turned the tides at least). How about when we pushed back the spread of communism instead of just letting it spread unchecked. What about rebuilding Japan and Europe after world war two rather then just taking possession of those territories. How about when America fought a war to end slavery? What about when we countered racism by enacting anti discrimination laws during the civil rights movement. How about the time when we turned arpanet(A network designed to survive a nuclear attack during the cold war) into the Internet (A more peaceful communication platform) and let the rest of the world participate so everyone including you could participate in forums like these. How about that time when Americans voted for a black president twice.

There is nothing wrong with wanting your country to succeed. If you want to win over trumpers (I'm not a trumper by the way) mabey you should stop hating your own country first. You don't need to hate the ideologies of the right. While I disagree with the a lot of the ideologies of the left I know we need the left to keep the right from going all out tyrannical.

Also If people can be proud of their identity, sexuality, race etc then why can't we be proud of our country. Why is there such a myth on the left that you can't make progress until you hate your country?

This is really so naïve and stupid, I can't believe we're still producing citizens who fail to consider more than one point of view. So, SO narrow-minded...

It amazes me how if people don't like our country...why don't they just leave?

Seriously, go somewhere else if you don't like it here. It's very simple.

Constantly bitching...and bitching...and bitching.

As someone who despises Trump, I'm going to go ahead and chime in here: Trump's idea of "making American great again" in his mind involves taking us back to the "nuclear family" days, more or less.

However, that's not entirely accurate as some of his ideas predate the nuclear family days and echo more of a 1920's vibe (coal, tariffs, severely limited immigration, etc).

Basically, Trump's idea of a "great" America involves taking us back to some nightmare version of the 20's-50's but with the middle class excised and the rich 1% richer and more powerful than ever before.

But that's only in Trump's mind. In reality, "Make America Great Again" is just an empty slogan he used to get elected by appealing to much of the boomer generation longing for those "nuclear" days again and feeding into the anger and prejudices of many of the rubes.

"So trump supporters when was america great and who was it great for?"

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