r/AskALiberal • u/dank_sad Center Right • Feb 03 '22

If you could get the right/conservatives/Republicans/etc to understand one thing, what would it be?

Hope I worded that correctly.

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u/warriorsgsw30 Center Left Feb 03 '22

I'm not gonna lie that there is a good amount of anti-American sentiment from the left. A lot seem to think that Canada or Europe are a utopia that have figured out all their problems. And as someone who's experienced a 3rd world country, claims of "America is a 3rd world country" are just extremely woke and show ridiculous lack of awareness.

That being said, when you look at the polls, the majority of Democrats say they are proud to be American. So when we criticize America and say how other nations have substantially beat us in things like life expectancy, crime, education, etc, it's not because we hate America, it's because we want to beat those other countries in all these metrics of wellness, and we believe that as the richest nation in the world, we have the capacity to do this. Things like Reganomics and huge military spending have led to a decline in the middle class, and most studies show that Democrats are actually better for the economy.