• Mirshe@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Because suicide-bombing a cereal factory in Nowhere, Iowa doesn’t make the fucking news across the country. But humans, especially Americans, want to be the center of the universe, and a lot of Americans feel they’re so exceptional that of course their little wide spot in the road is super-important because they have an Army Reserve motor pool 3 miles up the road or whatever.