Playing a large role in world affairs would be expected of a superpower, yes.
But purposely going out of their way in dozens of nations to pave the way for corporations and exploitation of indigenous peoples/resources all over the world and promote capitalist ideology at any cost? I don't think that's a 'given' just because the U.S. is a superpower. It is pure greed, selfishness, and evil.
Do you even realize the number of interventions the U.S. has been a part of, the cost of human life on both sides, and the absolutely fucking stupid justifications (unless you're a greedy, sociopathic imperialist) for these incidents?
excerpted from somewhere else:
"Afghanistan. 24,000 Dead. Obviously invaded for oil. Afghanistan had nothing whatsoever to do with 9/11. And the decision to invade Afghanistan was made long before 9/11.
Columbia. 67,000 dead, including many human rights members and members of the leftwing movements. oppressive, militia (government) funded by the U.S.
Cuba - constant threats, plots, plans to ruin that country. The U.S government planned to kill it's own citizens in planes flying over Miami and elsewhere (including space) to blame it on Castro. Known as Operation Northwoods - all of the documents have been declassified, any one who wants to know how much their government really cares for them can read them, but as a senator said, it doesn't matter because "American's don't read".
Guatemala. 200,000 dead. Military armed, trained and funded by the U.S, and coups organised by the CIA.
El Salvador. 75,000 dead. As above: death squads armed by the U.S.
East Timor. 200,000 dead. U.S supplied the murderous Suharto regime with its weapons - against the wishes of the EU and the UN.
Haiti - supported the brutal Duvalier regimes, opposed the popular Aristide government, and overthrew him recently.
Somalia. 10,000 dead.
Nicaraguan. 13,000 dead. The U.S was condemned by the international criminal court for unprovoked terrorism (the first and only nation to be so), but simply vetoed this.
It goes on and on and on, 4 million alone were killed in Vietnam, adding up all of the death tolls since 1945 reveals a staggering amount of human life extinguished because of the power-politics of the U.S. Whether you agree with my premise or not, the simple fact is that the bullish (and that's a polite word for it) behaviour of the U.S provides a much more logical, rational reason why terrorist despise you than the nonsensical, they-just-hate-our-freedoms rot does."
Keep in mind that many over the governments that the U.S. overthrew were popular or elected, but because they were 'socialist,' meaning they wanted to help their people and not have them exploited by international corporations, they were destroyed.
Do you at least now have a glimpse of why so many millions fucking hate the U.S.?
And don't give me that "Cold War" bollocks. The U.S. was just as much a threat to freedom, liberty, and life as the Soviet Union was. Just refer to the above list. The only difference between the two nations is that domestically, Americans were better off. But concerning foreign powers, the behavior of the US and USSR both was fucking heinous, murderous, and horrible.
We'll eventually have to turn to alternative energy no matter what. There is only so much dinos fuel to dig up
Who actually cares what others think of us. They're just jealous because we have more freedoms over here and our women don't have to wear those stupid pajamas all the time and the men don't.
