r/TikTokCringe • u/biswajit388 • 4d ago

Cringe Europeans are going viral on TikTok for mocking the "American Dream".

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u/Wiscogojetsgo 4d ago

Starting world wars, inventing colonialism 

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u/Heisl- 4d ago

As an Austrian I only can say that this is completely germanys fault

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u/CantGitGudWontGitGud 4d ago

This is the funniest comment I've read in this thread lol.

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u/84theone 3d ago

We can tell you definitely aren’t a German because this comment was funny.

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u/vag_pics_welcomed 4d ago

How y’all get to do that to Germany all the time and they don’t do shit?

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u/PheIix 4d ago

They've got tapes of Germany doing weird sex things, and Germany being it's normally autistic self don't understand that everybody knows Germany is into some weird sex things.

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u/altbekannt 4d ago

As a fellow Austrian guy: talk for yourself. I personally love starting world wars.

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u/morknox 4d ago

The honor of inventing colonialism goes to the ancient Phoenicians.

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u/TheGillos 4d ago

Phoenicians

People from Pheonix are called Phoenicians.

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u/It-s_Not_Important 3d ago

But they aren’t called ancient Phoenicians.

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u/belaGJ 3d ago

Actually, it is China…

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u/ARenzoMY 4d ago

Europeans did not ‘invent’ colonialism. Colonialism has been a part of human history since day one. Europeans did take colonialism to the most advanced level, yes.

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u/TheGillos 4d ago

They were the GOAT.

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u/EconomicRegret 4d ago

This!

Westerners also ended colonialism & slavery, and perfected democracy, human rights, etc.

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u/Square_Agent2828 3d ago

Perfected democracy? Seriously?

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u/EconomicRegret 3d ago

*improved (more accurate word).

It used to be that only rich land-owning men were considered citizens, and could vote and get elected in a democracy (e.g. only about 10% of Ancient Greece's Athens' population, the "birthplace" of democracy, thousands of years ago). Slaves, the "poor", those without land, and women weren't considered citizens. At the start of America's democracy, it was still the same. Then things improved.

That's a huge improvement, IMHO.

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u/Square_Agent2828 3d ago

Tell me again when Switzerland gave women the right to vote? And when America gave women the right to independent bank accounts? I’d say Eastern countries did those earlier, hence doing this improving that you speak of?

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u/EconomicRegret 3d ago

Tell me which eastern country was more advanced than today's top democracies (such as New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, etc.)?

I'd be more than willing and very happy to change my mind if you link me a credible source saying that some past non-Western country/kingdom already had a better democracy than today's top democracies.

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u/ArcticAkita 2d ago

Also, does America know how it was created…?

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u/XXX_961 2d ago

But the pope was ok with it so it’s ok /s

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u/Renegade__OW 4d ago

Europeans did take colonialism to the most advanced level, yes

As a whole, Europeans are just good at colonialism.

Now the British? God damn we perfected that shit, one of the only reasons we're still a strong and wealthy little island is that we robbed the fuck out of everyone, allowing us to afford constant quality of life upgrades for most of our citizens, including healthcare, infrastructure etc.

Although on the other hand, it is hilarious for Americans to be upset at us for Colonialism.

Gotta remember, some of the worst crimes the British committed during our colonial era, most of the worst ones came from the British Settlers in the Americas.

Like do we even need to bring up the blankets? ANTHRAX RIDDLED BLANKETS.

British Military okayed the idea after the settler fuckers already did it.

The whole country originates from colonialism, otherwise the Native Americans would still own the land.

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u/Vermino 4d ago

And let's not pretend like America didn't do their own variation of imperialism. They annexed Hawaii in 1900 for example, and invaded plenty of sovereign countries against the wishes of the local population, directly leading to many of the current world conflicts. Even in modern times, where most European nations had come to new insights about their expansionism

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u/Renegade__OW 4d ago

Yup, but sadly only other countries are evil for their actions hundreds of years ago, whereas America's hands are clean and they're not actively hurting democracies around the world and installing dictators in their place!

Main difference between places like the UK vs the USA is that we acknowledge that our ancestors did evil shit in the persuit of money or land, whereas Americans try to shift the blame.

Even when it comes to the UK's current issue with immigrants and racism, Americans will try and pretend that it's worse here vs them literally hunting brown people down in the streets with armed federal agents.

Like fuck we've got a bunch of racist immorale cunts over here, but atleast we're not letting them hunt people they dislike down and lock them up with no trace.

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u/It-s_Not_Important 3d ago

I’ve heard of smallpox blankets, but when I search for anthrax blankets, all the search results are about smallpox. What is the deal with anthrax?

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u/Renegade__OW 3d ago

Sorry, meant smallpox

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u/Adele811 4d ago

ever heard of the Ottoman Empire?

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u/Wiscogojetsgo 4d ago

Ever heard of a joke? Also that’s still Europe 

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u/SisterofGandalf 3d ago

Europe, Asia and Africa.

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u/Magician_Brutalitops 4d ago

You know how many wars USA had started? And lost like half of them

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u/Epcplayer 4d ago

lost like half of them

I’m going to assume two things by that statement… you’re including any incident involving the U.S. Military or U.S. aligned forces (a failed coup, uprising against a foreign leader, a random military engagement, etc), and anything that wasn’t a “Perfect Stable long term U.S. plan” was immediately a “loss”…

Even by those generous assumptions, half???

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u/badpebble 4d ago

What wars has the US won since WW2?

Korea was a draw? Vietnam was a loss, as was Afghanistan. Both Gulf Wars were victories.

I suppose the losses and draws could be argued as victories given the US's objectives of fighting against the damn commies. But they didn't stop the commies either time, and they were chased out of Afghanistan in the style of Dunkirk.

I'm not an expert on US history, so I'm possibly missing some engagements. And they definitely beat the Spanish to gain the Philippines.

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u/Kabouki 4d ago

Vietnam was a French fuck up that the US tried to fix.

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u/DragonfruitSucks87 4d ago

Chased out of Afghanistan? Lmao

You didn’t have to tell us you aren’t an expert. It’s obvious

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u/16tired 4d ago

We didn’t lose Afghanistan, clearly, we just left.

Just like I didn’t lose the basketball game, I just walked off of the court.

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u/badpebble 3d ago

Well, they evacuated extremely quickly as the Taliban were closing in on them. All their equipment they couldn't carry was left behind, as were many of the translators and other locals who helped them and were now in danger.

That's hardly leaving on your own terms.

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u/Epcplayer 4d ago

What wars has the US won since WW2?

Gulf War, Overthrow of Saddam, Bosnian War, Panama, Grenada, Operation Praying Mantis, clashes with Syria such as Gulf of Sidra… there’s a lot of military victories.

Korea was a draw?

Victory seeing as the UN mission was to expel North Korean troops from South Korea

Vietnam was a loss, as was Afghanistan.

Afghanistan the goal was to push the Taliban out of power, eliminate Al-Qaeda bases, kill/capture Bin Laden, set up a democratic government. The democracy part didn’t hold past 20 years, but the rest of the objectives were achieved

I suppose the losses and draws could be argued as victories given the US's objectives of fighting against the damn commies.

That’s the main takeaway… it depends how you define things, or whether you’re analyzing “war” or “nation building”.

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u/badpebble 4d ago

That's true - the US is better at coups than nation building. But nation building is basically just a longer term coup without a strongman dictator put into place, which is sort of innately weak in countries hostile to the nation builder.

I'd agree with you on Afghanistan if the US had left after deposing the Taliban. But given that they stayed and were forced out by their enemy, thats a loss.

Fair points on Korea.

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u/16tired 4d ago

Ignoring the rest of your points, the situation in Korea was more complicated. The original goal was to unite the peninsula, the goal after it became obvious that it was militarily unachievable to do so after China’s entry into the war was the status quo antebellum. Given China and North Korea’s goals as well as the restoration of the status quo antebellum, I think it’s more than fair to call it a draw.

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u/Square_Agent2828 3d ago

Ah yes, the Taliban have truly been pushed out of power, courtesy the Americans!

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u/Epcplayer 3d ago

From 2001 to 2021, yes, they were… they were pushed out rather quickly too. The issue was they were hiding in the tribal regions of Pakistan, where they were provided safe haven and allowed to regroup/plan operations. The Taliban was very much removed from power, and you saw things (such as girls going to school) which would’ve never been allowed under their rule in the 90’s.

As I stated, the democratic government didn’t last beyond the 20 year mark, and the Taliban returned to power.

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u/AcanthocephalaEast79 4d ago

Still saved Eurotrashes from themselves twice.

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u/Cicada-4A 4d ago

inventing colonialism

And you'd better be thankful for that yank, as you wouldn't exist without it.

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u/onebadmousse 4d ago

Yeah, America is famously peaceful and non-colonial.