In case you are not aware of it, he US is fucked up in many more ways than that. I do ,however, believe that the values I learned as a brainwashed American regarding American virtue plus all the idealismI learned watching Superman I would put in a plus basket. They spring from a natural decency I believe comes from the same place that inspired the saying we are created in God’s image.US citizens don't even get equal democracy. Stop trying to bring democracy to other places until you fix your own issues.
In case you were not aware, USA screwed over a few democracies.
United States involvement in regime change - Wikipedia
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We may hate ourselves via programming but we are actually intended to be like gods. Everywhere on earth there are those who will not accept less.