America Never Stood For Freedom

https://youtu.be/rg9hJgAsNDM?si=ha6ngrjhrFs1zZpy

Core Message

The U.S. does not stand for democracy, freedom, or human rights, but instead serves the interests of its ruling capitalist class, both domestically and internationally, through war, exploitation, propaganda, and systemic inequality.

📢 Major Themes & Arguments

🇺🇸 U.S. Government ≠ American People

Criticism targets the U.S. government and elite, not ordinary Americans.
The public has no real input on major decisions (e.g., bailouts, military budget, tax policy).

🌍 Foreign Policy Hypocrisy

The U.S. invades and occupies nations not to spread freedom but to:
- Control resources (oil, lithium, poppy, etc.).
- Secure strategic military outposts.
- Open markets for U.S. corporations.
Examples include:
- Iraq & Afghanistan (oil privatization, drug trade explosion).
- CIA-backed coups (Bolivia, Iran, Chile).
- Support for dictators across Latin America, Africa, Asia.
Defense contractors and corporations (e.g., Halliburton, Blackwater, Lockheed Martin) profit massively.

🗳️ Election Interference & Coups

U.S. has interfered in dozens of elections, including:
- Russia (1996), Italy, Greece, Indonesia, Iran, and many others.
When influence fails, it resorts to coups (e.g., Guatemala’s Arbenz, Chile’s Allende).
Kissinger quote highlights U.S. elitist contempt for real democracy.

🏠 Domestic Failures of Democracy

No workplace democracy: workers have no control in their jobs.
Elections offer no real choice: two-party system both serve capital.
Corporate influence through campaign financing and lobbying is rampant.
Low voter turnout reflects alienation and powerlessness.
Economic inequality and lack of healthcare/education persist despite wealth.

⚖️ Injustice and Mass Incarceration

Highest prison population in the world.
Black Americans are disproportionately policed, sentenced, and incarcerated.
Private prison industry profits from incarceration quotas and minority oppression.
Police forces are militarized and repress dissent, often violently.

📜 Systemic Racism & Historical Atrocities

U.S. was built on:
- Genocide of Indigenous peoples.
- Centuries of African slavery.
These historical crimes persist through modern institutional racism, poverty, and exclusion.
Immigrants from U.S.-destabilized countries face rejection.

🛡️ Myth of Freedom

“Freedom” in the U.S. means:
- Freedom for corporations to exploit.
- Freedom for elites to avoid accountability.
- Freedom for police and military to use force unchecked.

🎖️ Military Recruitment & Propaganda

Lack of social safety nets ensures continued military recruitment.
U.S. wars serve corporate interests, not public freedom.
Youths die for profit—not principle.

📉 Economic and Social Collapse

Despite immense national wealth:
- Wages are stagnant, debt is crushing.
- Rent is unaffordable, homelessness is rising.
- Education and infrastructure are crumbling.
- Medical debt drives people to death or despair.

📚 Recommended Reading

Killing Hope by William Blum
The Triumph of Evil by Austin Murphy

Skeptical Scholar