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The US government did round people up, torture them, and put them in concentration camps. How do you think the WHOLE country was built? We living in this country benefited and are CONTINUING to benefit from it.

Ever hear of the Indian reservation system? The US government rounded people up, took their land, and forced them into concentration camps. If they left the reservation, they were hunted by the US cavalry.

It is so rich to conquer a people and then show remorse while continuing to occupy the land.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears

How would you compare that part of American history to the Nazis? Or how about comparing that to the Japanese in WW2? Is the US really any better?

Given how the US is allies with Saudi Arabia, has conducted wars killing over a million people the last 30 years, do you actually think the US changed its ways?

If you want me to spell it out, it is quite simple. The US committed genocide against native Americans.

I am sorry that you got downvoted. In 6th grade civics class (in California) we learned about the wide scale killing of the native populations. I live in Arizona, and we have a landmark nearby called Bloody Gulch where a US general who was supposed to march a tribe a few hundred miles to a new reservation, after about a few dozen miles decided it was simpler to just gun the whole large tribe, babies, children, and adults.

I am glad to be a US citizen, but for us to not acknowledge bad mistakes that we have made in the past (and including the recent past) is wrong, and diminishes our chances to do better morally and to improve our future chances of continued prosperity.

Mistake is much too light a term for a thing like that. Crimes against humanity are never mistakes, they are crimes.

The US is an imperial power and there is a power struggle between it and China.

There is no morality. There is mostly propaganda on both sides.

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