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>Do you know how we won World War 2?

We as in the Allied forces? The Great Alliance?

I also live within 200 miles of one of our Japanese Internment Camps.

> Do you know how we won World War 2?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_a_Flag_over_the_Reichs...

I don't see any American flag here.

>Do you know how the railroad infrastructure was built?

Abusing the heck out of immigrants and genociding the native people, I'm pretty sure. Also this (link is https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&...):

>Construction of the railroad provided many opportunities for financial chicanery, corruption, graft, and bribery. The greatest financial scandal of the 19th century grew out of the railroad's construction. The president of the Union Pacific helped found a construction company, called Credit Mobilier, which allowed investors, including several members of Congress, to grant lucrative construction contracts to themselves, while nearly bankrupting the railroad.

I don't think the corporation/government good/evil dichotomy you have made is so clean cut.

"several members of Congress, to grant lucrative construction contracts"

The difference is that I see that part as the evil. As in who is the "corrupt", "graft" and "bribery" here referring to? It's the government.