[matthewaveryusa]

I find it ironic that western countries and their citizens are all kumbaya about the ethics of being a bully nation (militarily and socially) while our empires were built at the expense of those we exploited (colonialism for europeans, post WWII resource-grabs for US.) Everyone in the US forgets that the pollution and poor labor practices in China is the foundation that our buying power and consumption is based off of.

[marnett]

Most US citizens are woefully ignorant of this perspective. Their ignorance precludes the irony from ever showing itself.