Yes, America is a horrible oppressive regime that dictates what the world does through war, lies and poison. Yes, America is an evil empire that controls everything. Also, not that this justifies anything, but if it wasn’t them it would be someone else.

Empires commit atrocities to remain dominant. There will always be a biggest bully and the biggest bully will always be mean. There is no “If only the americans were gone the world would be a utopia”. Some other asshole with nukes would step up and do the same. Americans aren’t particularly horrendous compared to other empires in history (e.g. mongol, dutch, persian)

If you don’t want your country to commit or allow atrocities, go live in another planet.

There is nothing more tragic than getting what one wants.

Emotional regulation is a skill. Exposing kids kids to stories like this is a way to teach them how to handle real life issues…

edit: bbl making kids cry.