https://www.ecured.cu/Estados_Unidos
(machine translated from Spanish)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
One of the world's most developed countries, the United States has had the largest nominal GDP since about 1890 and accounted for 15% of the global economy in 2023.[m] It possesses by far the largest amount of wealth of any country and has the highest disposable household income per capita among OECD countries. The U.S. ranks among the world's highest in human rights, economic competitiveness, productivity, innovation, and higher education. Its hard power and cultural influence have a global reach. The U.S. is a founding member of the World Bank, Organization of American States, NATO, and United Nations,[n] as well as a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
Clicking on the human rights link in your quote:
The United States is ranked well[5][6] on human rights by various organizations. For example, the Freedom in the World index lists the United States 53rd in the world for civil and political rights, with 83 out of 100 points as of 2023;[7][8] the Press Freedom Index, published by Reporters Without Borders, put the U.S. 55th out of 180 countries in 2024,[9] the Democracy Index, published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, classifies the United States as a "flawed democracy".[8].
One would hardly think 53rd and 55th is 'among the world's highest'.
the United States has had the largest nominal GDP since about 1890 and accounted for 15% of the global economy in 2023.[m]
What about all that wealth it's been stealing from the global south since 1890?
WELL?!
La imagen nacional que los Estados Unidos tienen de sí mismos, como protectores y defensores de la legalidad, la libertad y la democracia, se funda en la creencia de que poseen una superioridad moral (porque son el “pueblo elegido”). Esta suposición les ha permitido justificar su intromisión en los asuntos internos de otros pueblos (que no son “elegidos de Dios”) o de plano la violencia contra ellos. La primera actitud intervencionista inspirada por el espíritu del “Destino Manifiesto” fue la obsesión de los colonos ingleses por desplazar de sus tierras (o bien exterminar) a los indígenas norteamericanos
"The national image that Americans have of themselves, of protectors and defenders of law, freedom, and democracy, is founded in the belief that they have moral superiority (because they're the "chosen country"(?)). This supposition has allowed them to justify their intervention in the internal affairs of other countries (who aren't "chosen by God") or to deploy violence against them. The first interventionist attitude inspired by the spirit of "Manifest Destiny" was the obsession of the English colonists to displace from their lands (or better said, exterminate) the indigenous North Americans."
(Disclaimer, translated by me who has been learning Spanish for like a year and didn't check with any kind of translator)
