Even though I've never accepted such a position, recently the e-mail with this question was addressed to me (dah...)
Well, there is my open reply:
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One thing, i believe, could explain the "hate" spirits.
Americans... most of them believe that their country is truly democratic.
The definition of the "Democracy" reads:
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Democracy is a system of government by which political sovereignty is retained by the people and either exercised directly by citizens or through their elected representatives.
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If it is so, then as per definition of "Democracy" we can say, that all and every action of the democratically elected government is an action of the people ("demos" - /greek/ "people").
Hence, you can see why people of one country can blame entire american nation for all those sins, crimes and wars the US government did. Unfortunately, such a "democratic" idea in this case plays against US people.
In this case we have two scenarios:
1. Americans indeed support their government in all it's actions and in this case blindly trust to them. And in this case reinforced steel can be melted by kerosene.
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2. There is no democracy in US. There is: "elected dictatorship" - the system means "one party can wield absolute power" without a clear majority of votes. (c) Lord Lester
Which one you believe is true?
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