Comment on Sometimes when I think about US politics, I worry. But then I remember this is a country that had gone through a civil war, numerous scandals, a great depression and dust bowl, two world wars,

jcr@jlai.lu ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  ☝️Actually, the was of 1812 was in the US. The White House was burned down and Washington DC was occupied.

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• warbond@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t think that the semantic discrepancy is really the point.

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• the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Apparently Hawaii and the Philippines don’t exist

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• Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Relevant graphic. USA deaths weren’t even in the top ten, percent-wise or raw numbers.

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• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Don’t forget that both times we waited until the second half of the war to even step in. We waited until all the other nations were exausted before lifting a finger.

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