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Locusts

Certainly, you saw Independence Day? Here’s a quote from it, by U.S. President, talking about aliens: “They’re like locusts. They’re moving from planet to planet… their whole civilization. After they’ve consumed every natural resource they move on…”. Now, replace aliens with Americans, and the galaxy with planet Earth… and you’ll get the current geo-political situation on our planet.

Surplus

At one point in “Open Veins of Latin America” Eduardo Galeano states that “the original 13 states of the US are basically built by human surplus from Europe”. How true! And it’s still the case.

Real Americans

If you want to meet real Americans, go to an AA meeting.

No time

Upon my arrival in the US, I was working for a certain company, while failing to acquire a single friend. I started worrying about that, even considering that something is wrong with my social skills. Later, I realized why is that: people here work so much that they don’t have time for their immediate families, let alone friends.

Alternative

If all first-generation immigrants were to return to their respective countries of origin, the US would economically collapse immediately. What keeps them in here is the lack of an alternative.

Chomsky

Chomsky has a role in American foreign policy to show everyone how America is a free country. If not, he would have been shot a long time ago.

Not bad at all

If I were born in the US, I’d probably go to ivy-league college, I’d be a quarterback on a local football team, marry my high-school sweetheart, get a house, two cars, 2.5 kids, etc. It wouldn’t be such a bad life, after all.

Hope

Regardless of the fact that I’m spitting on the US left and right, I still think that the main things in the development of human civilization will happen here. Why do you think I’m still here? “After-the-fact” wisdom is always justifying.

The best

Americans want to be the best, in everything. They should have their way: we know better.