When Did American Arrogance Start? Was it After WW2?

[Lord_nikon]

America Was stolen with Arrogance

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

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I hate the way our black brehs and brehettes were treated. Being white in the 50s was indeed a lottery ticket for white men, they had it all. Cheap education, Good jobs, Cheap houses, cheap cars, off one income

If whites weren't racist America would practically be perfect That communism shyt is lame from what I read. Be a doctor and get paid the same as a garbage man. and Hitler was on some kill everybody bs

 

[DLaren]

1782, the year that the Bald Eagle became our national bird:

Notice how PROUD this beast is...it's better than you and it knows it -- makes me wanna hum 'The National Anthem' just looking at it.

 

[Mike809]

When Reagan became president.

 

[ElMorenoFeo809]

Way before that. WW1 and definitely the Spanish American war.

The Spanish was no longer a super power during the Spanish American war. The U.S joined WW1 at the last minute. The Monroe Doctrine was all about the U.S flexing it's power (bullying) in it's own backyard on 3rd world countries..

Lowkey dirty asl how US took the credit for WW2 lmfao

USSR was responsible for 80% of Nazi Germany military losses .

True, but at the same time the Allies were losing to Nazi Germany on the Western front. The British was hanging by a thread until the U.S joined the war, the French already surrendered.. The U.S didn't had to fight the Nazi after the attack on pearl harbor , but Hitler declared war on the U.S because of it declared war on Japan. That made the U.S having to fight in 2 theaters ( U.S took the bulk of the fight in the Pacific). IF the Nazi never declared war on the U.S I doubt that the U.S would've gone to Europe and fight against the German. It's also having something to due with the Western PR, Russia is not considered as a "western" country and they were not trusted during WW2.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

The Spanish was no longer a super power during the Spanish American war. The U.S joined WW1 at the last minute. The Monroe Doctrine was all about the U.S flexing it's power (bullying) in it's own backyard on 3rd world countries..



True, but at the same time the Allies were losing to Nazi Germany on the Western front. The British was hanging by a thread until the U.S joined the war, the French already surrendered.. The U.S didn't had to fight the Nazi after the attack on pearl harbor , but Hitler declared war on the U.S because of it declared war on Japan. That made the U.S having to fight in 2 theaters ( U.S took the bulk of the fight in the Pacific). IF the Nazi never declared war on the U.S I doubt that the U.S would've gone to Europe and fight against the German. It's also having something to due with the Western PR, Russia is not considered as a "western" country and they were not trusted during WW2.

The territory the USA picked up from the Spanish American war allowed the USA to compete with France in South Asia for expansion

 

[987654321]

The arrogance came and went after the separation from Great Britain. There was an ebb and flow that came with conflict. The cockiness was there for the Spanish-american war and it was in full swing when the US got involved in WWI.

The Depression killed it, but War production, after Pearl Harbor started to bring it back. I think it was the victories in Alaska, South Pacific, North Africa, and Italy that had that shyt To the max. The momentum of success (even though it was allied success) put it over the top.

The shytty habit of teaching historical inaccuracies keeps it going.

 

[Vandelay]

Always really, but Theodore Roosevelt really started touting American exceptionalism.

 

[ElMorenoFeo809]

The territory the USA picked up from the Spanish American war allowed the USA to compete with France in South Asia for expansion

The U.S didn't expand in South East Asia after the Spanish-American war but it did establish a foothold in the Pacific which became helpful during WW2, Korean war and Vietnam war.

 

[Auger]

Probably culminated during the NASA "Moon landing"

 

[Dave24]

It was after WW2. The US spent the century before that building up the country rapidly through the industrial revolution and the massive manufacturing output they produced. Steel, rubber, gold that were sold on international markets and tons of finished products (fridges, radios, cars, etc) for the American population to consume (beginning of consumerism we see today).

Prior to entering the Second WW, America was much very an isolated state, similar to China during much of the 20th century. They did partake in South America/North American affairs but that was because of the Monroe Doctrine and really just the beginning of exercising their military might in their sphere of the world. When Japan attacked America in WW2 and America entered the war, they were ready to flex that military and economic power they built up the past century. When they dropped them thangs on Japan to ultimately end the war, that was the TRUE, IMO, beginning of America’s world dominance.

Right after this, they went into a lengthy Cold War against the Russians in the battle of communism and capitalism to see which way of life would serve the world better and to open up countries and “markets” all around the world. They won this too by the end of the 1980s with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. I glossed over a lot but to answer your question, it was after the war that began that American arrogance. Especially with the Marshall Plan and re building Europe after it was destroyed by the war. Not to mention their technological advances throughout the 40s-60s, especially during the Space Race. All of this added to the arrogance and idea of “American exceptionalism”

@Patrick Kane any good books you recommend that go in depth on this topic?

 

[LordLyons]

It started after the fake ass moon landing.

 

[Negro Caesar]

Yea they way it was presented in history class was that the Jews were being shoved into the ovens by Hitler. Nobody could stop them. The mighty United States just was in the bushes waiting for someone to flex on them. Then japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Bad move. Mighty America dropped a bomb on them, then rode over to Nazi Germany on horses with AK47's single handedly defeated Hitler, freed the Jews and liberated the entire world.

The End

How did it really go? Like i know the basics but not in depth details. Just the basic school lesson. Any good documentaries?

 

[Patrick Kane]

@Patrick Kane any good books you recommend that go in depth on this topic?

I would recommend:

Howard Zinn - A People’s History of The United States

Alan Brinkley - American History: A Survey

Both will give you a well written and entertaining overview of American history from its inception until about the early 2000s. Each will offer a broad scope of the social, economic and political development of American society and Zinn’s account especially offers a unique perspective.

Once going through those, you’ll find certain elements of American history that’ll pique your interest and then there’s books you can go even deeper with. I’ve always been interested in learning about the de industrialization of America’s manufacturing cities (like Detroit, Cleveland, Gary) and the failure of those cities after their prosperous booms in the first half of the 20th century, particularly its impact to black Americans. If you’re interested in this topic, I’d recommend:

Thomas Surgue - The Origins of Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit

Richard Rothstein - The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Matthew Desmond - Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American city

 

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Yea they way it was presented in history class was that the Jews were being shoved into the ovens by Hitler. Nobody could stop them. The mighty United States just was in the bushes waiting for someone to flex on them. Then japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Bad move. Mighty America dropped a bomb on them, then rode over to Nazi Germany on horses with AK47's single handedly defeated Hitler, freed the Jews and liberated the entire world.

The End

Britain won the war breh.... According to (some) Brits ..