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Originally Posted by cyberxxx
I'm watching for all the new events in the USA as an exterior observer. And it's very interesting to see on how much the US live changes day-by-day... That's why I compare the modern USA with old "good" USSR. Just don't feel offended when I call your country USSR-2...
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Before I say anything else, I'd like to point out that I think this country (the USA) is a far cry from the old USSR, but I can sort of see what you're getting at.
This country has had a disturbing tendency to not truly defeat its enemies but rather absorb them in a manner of speaking since WWII. Unfortunately this means that some of the worst aspects of our enemies tend to become a part of our own culture; I'm not sure why this is or where exactly it started, perhaps out of a fear of eliminating completely other cultures such as the Nazi's were attempting to do. In that case, what they were doing was of course wrong. But if one conquers or defeats a people and then surrenders to the acceptance of the worst aspects of their culture (i.e. censorship, uncritical nationalism), then what has been won?
Those who are for the censorship of any form of text in this country would do well to read up on the content of victorian novels and even pulp magazines from the first half of last century. They were filled with all kinds of 'perversions' and magazines available on newstands frequently featured images of extreme bondage and even torture - right on the front cover. It didn't turn your grandparent's generation into a bunch of worthless degenerates or criminals now did it?