So I don’t want to engage in some great discussions cause I don’t have time for these. I just wanna ask. Do you think that American presidents that allowed to mass murder, relocation and homicides commited on native american people should be considered war criminals? I mean doing such things under slander “Manifest destiny” is not better than what Hitler did. Some guy defended his point about that and got stomped to the ground when he saw American morality being exampled as in racism, fascism, xenophobia.
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Well I’m glad this isn’t a loaded question or anything.
I think were average when it comes to people’s who have had power over others. Certainly not the best, but certainly.not the worst.
Hey, OP, did you study this at your Alma Mater?
This subreddit is so choc full of ai junk.
Who the hell thinks the us has always been moral?
“USA” is a big target. Have the leaders always been moral? The government? I would say mostly no, but I think that’s true for most leaders everywhere.
Have the people always been moral? Some yes, some no; again, like everywhere. It’s impossible to call a country, even a small one, uniformly moral or immoral.
If we did consider them war criminals then where would you draw the line? Every single major historical figure that we’ve ever heard of or studied was just a human being, capable of making mistakes, capable of emotion and equally capable of peace or violence and good or evil. Was Ghengis Khan a war criminal? Hannibal? Alexander the Great? Napoleon? What about Suleiman? The question of whether the acts the US and its leaders have committed is moral isn’t the question. I think the question is where do you draw the line between judging someone based on norms and “morals” of their time period versus our time period? At what point is the entire act a waste of time? I guess my answer is no, the U.S. hasn’t, but who has? And more importantly, why does it matter? Many (maybe most?) historical figure got blood in their hands to be the person they were to us. 🤷🏻
No, applying modern morality to people in history is intellectually dishonest.
When this post gets downvoted, don’t tell yourself it’s because your question was more than we could handle.
You’re going to get downvotes because you’re not asking a question. You’re making a point. It’s a point with considering. But this sub is for questions.