i've been having some convos with for lack of better words, normies more recently again and i've had a string of people just have NO IDEA how many countries the US has either overthrown, attempted to overthrow or have influenced in some way. Usually it all starts from explaining how the US is inherently a very right wing country and always has been. i've talked to a lot of different people about shit kinda like this for years and it's kinda wearing me down how little anyone knows anything about so much shit the evil empire has done. like i actually feel like the Charlie Day always sunny conspiracy board meme sometimes just carrying on a conversation, referencing some events or whatever. idk if anyone else feels this way sometimes, i just felt like venting a bit cause it made me feel actually bad in a way that i especially didn't like and felt like, i guess, alone??
you're not alone, this is my experience too.
it's a lot of work in a way i never really asked for but also feel like it's important to do with people i think are open enough to listen. like i don't wanna talk anyone's ear off but this type of shit happens randomly just by trying to crack a joke about some shit or just comparing a different event to another. it's rough, this country just feels so deeply ignorant. not that i don't think ignorance is bliss either, cause i do, but if i respect someone it feels weird not telling them things they might not know, if that makes sense?