Reply #16: It's not a new concept - exceptionalism...we're better than them [View All]

we're purer than them, we're smarter than them...so we should rule..them, of course.

So it would not be surprising for it to feel the same coming from any empire(and consider who settled in what would become America)...unless of course your empire was one of the "them" that should be ruled by those whose exceptionalism makes them "fit" to rule

America took the concept to a new heights...our intentions are good, so our "mistakes" are minor...we only want people to be free..so any horrors are not really horrors at all and what we do toward that aim (spreading freedom) are for the greater good ...our government is unique , so will endure...we're owed, we deserve, we are the greatest,the best, the wisest, the nicest...etc, etc, etc.