[Livia]

Originally Posted by lostalex

considering the world is the most peaceful it's ever been, science has progressed more in the last 100 years than in the 1000 years before, that human beings live the healthiest, longest, most fulfilling lives that they have ever lived, all under the reign of America (an empire if you believe the likes of pilger and stone) one can only conclude that America is a force for good.

Simply you believing this shows how insular Americans can be, hardly ever looking outside their own country for good. There's a whole world of good deeds, of innovation and advancement, of brilliance, of humanitarianism that Americans will never have heard of because interest in that kind of stuff stops at your own border.