Prioleau Alexander: An American Story

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Every year, Forbes Magazine (certainly not a left-wing publication) publishes a list of the countries whose citizens are the happiest with their country. Guess what. America is not in the top 20. But MAGA Cult members have this insane belief that “they” hate us because they want to be us. That they envy us. I grew up in rural South Carolina and have lived in this state my entire life. But I have been fortunate enough to travel in Canada, Europe, and Asia. Most people have been welcoming and friendly, and they don’t hate America. They hate Trump, they hate Elon, and they hate their supporters. Trump is a Russia-loving bully who threatens his neighbors and traditional allies and admires corrupt dictators the world over. Elon is a minority hating billionaire who thinks he should be able to force Europe to be like him. They aren’t. The man literally made excuses for Hitler and Stalin murdering millions of people. The vast majority of Americans are not like Elon and Trump either, but it’s hard to see that from the outside right now.

Do most people, or even a lot of people, in Europe and Canada want to move to America and become US Citizens? Hell no. Just like people in Greenland do not want to become US citizens. The idea of coming to America for a better life was a thing of the recent past, for other first-world nations. That was from a time when they admired America. When they thought America was a force for good in the world. When America stood up for freedom and democracy and an end to tyrants and dictators. But most no longer see us that way. For now, they lump us in with Russia, China, N. Korea, and Hungary. But when I talk to people I know in those places they all hope the America they grew up admiring will survive Trump, as do I.

Now are there a bunch of Russian and Chinese oligarchs who will buy Trump’s gold card? Russia for sure, I don’t know about China. But these are all criminals. People who have looted and stolen wealth from the people of their country. Why would we want them here? So they can help Trump and Elon set up a Russian-style oligarchy in the US. Because you are a fool if you think that is not what Trump wants. He put 4 billionaires on the stage with him for his inauguration.

I can’t go into your warped view of world history. There is just too much to address. Besides it would be like trying to teach a pig to fly. But let’s just say the post-WWII world order was set up by America, to be dominated by America, for the benefit of Americans. It has made us the richest and most powerful country in the world, brought relative peace and prosperity to the Western democracies, and spread freedom to billions. Trump wants to throw all that away, for what? What we had before WWII. He thinks the late 1800s and early 1900s were America’s Golden Age because he does not understand the difference between a Golden Age and a Gilded Age.