Since it's the 4th of July and also the 250th anniversary of the founding of the USA, a great occasion to remind people that this country has been an especially bad one from start to the present day. Worst atrocities you can imagine, throughout history? The US has participated in all of them. Slavery, genocide and colonialism, systematic war crimes, mass incarceration and concentration camps; you name it the US has done it not just once but multiple times. Now is a great time to rid yourself of patriotism and nationalism if you still have any remaining. That whole spiel about "striving for a more perfect Union"? It's a trap designed to keep you complacent and loyal-enough. Anything good you think was achieved was achieved by *people*, in spite of the nation, not because of it, and *way* too much of that shit is being knocked right back down again at the moment.