Are you proud to be an American?

[rightwinger]

Proud?
Yes

Embarrassed ?
Yes

 

[ColonelAngus]

These fucksticks have been convinced that people of European descent are the only people in history to have slavery in their past.

These asscheeks are being brainwashed.

Lets examine slavery in the world:

Ancient Civilizations (c. 3000 BCE – 500 CE)
Slavery existed in nearly all early civilizations. In Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, enslaved people were obtained through warfare, debt, birth, or trade. In Greece and Rome especially, slavery was a core part of the economy—enslaved labor supported agriculture, mining, domestic service, and even skilled professions.

Africa and the Islamic World (7th – 19th century)
Long-standing internal African systems of servitude coexisted with expanding Arab-Islamic slave trades after the 7th century. Millions were transported across the Sahara, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean. Slavery in these contexts varied from harsh chattel slavery to more socially integrated forms, though many endured brutal conditions.

Medieval Europe (5th – 15th century)
Slavery declined but did not disappear. Systems like serfdom tied peasants to land rather than treating them as property outright. However, Mediterranean and Eastern European slave markets persisted, including the trade in Slavs (the root of the word “slave”).

Transatlantic Slave Trade (15th – 19th century)
European colonial powers and their colonies forcibly transported over 12 million Africans to the Americas. This system—racialized, hereditary chattel slavery—became one of the most destructive and large-scale forms of slavery in history. Enslaved Africans were forced into plantation agriculture (sugar, cotton, tobacco) and faced extreme brutality.

Modern Era (20th century – present)
Although legally banned worldwide, modern slavery persists in forms such as forced labor, human trafficking, debt bondage, child soldiering, and forced marriage. Estimates suggest tens of millions are still affected globally.

From 1932-1945, Japan occupied China and enslaved millions of Chinese.

African societies practiced several forms of slavery long before and during contact with Europeans and Arabs. These systems were diverse, not uniform across the continent, and they differed significantly from the later transatlantic, plantation-based, racialized chattel slavery.
Here’s a clear, accurate overview:

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1. Indigenous African Slavery (Before External Slave Trades)​

Many African societies practiced forms of servitude that developed internally. Common features included:

a. War Captives​

Warfare between neighboring states or ethnic groups often produced captives who could be:

• integrated into households
• used for labor
• traded
• sometimes later absorbed into the captor’s kinship group

In many regions, enslaved people were not permanently enslaved and could gain freedom over time.

b. Debt Bondage​

Individuals or families could pledge themselves or their children to pay off debts.
This could lead to long-term servitude but didn’t always mean permanent, hereditary slavery.

c. Criminal Punishment​

In some societies, serious crimes (murder, theft) could result in enslavement as punishment.

d. Kinship-Based Servitude​

Some people were incorporated into extended families as dependents—socially subordinate, but often treated better than plantation slaves in the Americas.


The lefty hand wringing over bad racist white people is so overplayed.

ASK A JAPANESE PERSON WHAT THEY THINK OF KOREANS. Japanese people IN GENERAL ******* hate Koreans.

 

[ColonelAngus]

I disagree with the people in the video.

Perhaps I should advocate for them to be Kirked.

 

[midcan5]

LOL The sky is always falling - America is a liberal nation - that is the reason fools can always claim the sky is falling. Trump is a buffoon but he too shall pass. I'm proud as we are free still from dictatorships that some would vote for and induce. Ironic that some Americans love Trump a wannabee dictator. Freedom is complex.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/09/19/american-democracy-resilience-00548910

 

[Dogmaphobe]

By the time kids are in college, they have already had 12 years of teachers telling them all the things that are wrong about us.

It's not like these kids get to college and then suddenly voila!

 

[Zebra]

I wouldn't say I'm proud since I feel I've won the life lottery. I've been given a great life in a great country but that was an accident of birth, nothing I've earned. It is not pride I feel, it is thanks. What pride I have is of my family and how our success has made the country stronger and richer and better for more of our citizens.

I see America as a country like any other, just richer than other countries, at least for now. We've done good things and bad things. Our people are likewise, just like people everywhere, both good and bad.

you won the lottery!

 

[Independent thinker]

Proof that colleges across the country are trying to destroy America.

These kids would rather live under the rule of a real tyrant and dictator, President Xi.

I guess America is on its way.

Jesus, mother of God. Holy shit. I don't know what else to say.

 

[JWBooth]

I'm a card carrying conservative R in Vermont, a blue state Failzero , i'm sure we could trade notes.....~S~

Condolences

 

[Zincwarrior]

Just to clarify. Is that proud to be a North American or a South American?

 

[SassyIrishLass]

I'm proud to be an American and anyone that isn't should probably leave.

 

[JWBooth]

Just to clarify. Is that proud to be a North American or a South American?

Central or Caribbean?

 

[Zincwarrior]

Central or Caribbean?

Ok I haven't been to Curacao, but it looks absolutely gorgeous.

 

[JWBooth]

Ok I haven't been to Curacao, but it looks absolutely gorgeous.
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Certainly colorful. Soon to be ruined by sailors on liberty.

 

[Mr Natural]

I'm proud to be an American and anyone that isn't should probably leave.

What have you done to earn that pride?

 

[Lockback]

Proof that colleges across the country are trying to destroy America.

These kids would rather live under the rule of a real tyrant and dictator, President Xi.

I guess America is on its way.

This has been the communist plan from Day One: destroy America from within.
And, unbelievably, it's working. Sort of.
People like this idiot, Randi Weingarten, have ruined the American education and replaced it with leftist propaganda garbage.

Girls in particular have been affected. They're been taught that masculinity is bad, abortion is a god to be worshipped and that America is a horrible place. That a career is the most important thing in the world.
And so we have a generation of losers and whiners who believe lies and hate America.
What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Lockback]

What have you done to earn that pride?

Why should she have to "earn" her pride?
That makes zero ******* sense.

 

[sartre play]

Yep, Left wing women, the bread and butter of the DNC, especially since they hate males.

YEP its all those young left sided Women, Who are to blame for ALL THE PROBLEMS
NOT THOSE mostly WHITE males
Who actually hold MOST OF the political jobs & money!
that run the country!
funny funny funny

 

[SassyIrishLass]

What have you done to earn that pride?

That's ridiculous Missy Natural. I was born here, I love this nation and the freedom it provides to me and my family

If you don't think that way pack up and get the fck out. You're a liability

 

[Lockback]

That's ridiculous Missy Natural. I was born here, I love this nation and the freedom it provides to me and my family

If you don't think that way pack up and get the fck out. You're a liability

Bingo.
If someone doesn't appreciate living here, then get the **** out. We don't need your negative attitude and energy. That's not how the great country was built. It was built by people who sacrificed everything and worked hard, not some weed head who sits in his mom's basement playing video games and bitches about everything.

 

[Nobody911]

Proof that colleges across the country are trying to destroy America.

These kids would rather live under the rule of a real tyrant and dictator, President Xi.

I guess America is on its way.

And...are you and your family proud to be part of a system that often favors the wealthy? How can most Americans break free from this cycle and work towards a fairer society? for all or for the rich?

Why did I ask?:

• U.S. history has had clear monopolies: Standard Oil, American Tobacco, AT&T (broken up by antitrust enforcement).
• Today several large firms have been found or accused to hold monopoly power — e.g., recent court rulings and major suits found Google to be a monopolist in general search; Microsoft, AT&T, and others have faced successful antitrust actions.
• U.S. antitrust statutes (Sherman Act, Clayton Act, FTC Act) exist precisely because monopolies have occurred; enforcement has sometimes broken up or regulated dominant firms, other times settled or failed, but monopoly power continues to appear across industries (historical industries and modern Big Tech).

Short conclusion: Monopolies have existed in America and continue to be a present legal and economic concern.

sources:

• The Rise and Impact of Major U.S. Monopolies
• https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46875