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And I'm saying that you acknowledge a narrative rather than actual history. If you get most of your information about a topic by doomscrolling on Lemmy then it's no wonder you think the way you do.

Here's a short list of positive things if you really need it:

• The constitution
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Abolition of slavery through the 13th Amendment
• 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote
• Civil Rights Act
• Voting Rights Act
• Landed the first humans on the Moon
• Invented the airplane
• Created the internet
• Invented the cellphone and smartphone
• Developed the first nuclear reactor
• Introduced the assembly line
• Played a decisive role in winning both World Wars
• Launched the Marshall Plan to help rebuild Europe
• Founded the United Nations and a bunch of other global institutions
• Established NASA
• Developed vaccines for diseases like polio and COVID-19
• Created the National Parks system
• Produced globally influential music genres like jazz, hip hop, blues, country, funk, rock n roll, etc
• Maintained peaceful transfers of power for over two centuries
• The Americans with Disabilities Act
• Contributed to the defeat of fascism and communism in the 20th century
• Birthplace of global sports like basketball, volleyball, football, and so on
• Has world class universities that lead the globe in research and science like MIT, Harvard, and Stanford
• Has created great people like Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, MLK, Ben Franklin, George Washington, and so on

This country does have a dark side to it and there are many negatives as well. However, someone ignoring the positives of a country and only focusing on the negative is no different than someone who only focuses on the positives while ignoring the negatives.