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muddi900[dead post] ◴[] No.45644484[source]
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dotnet00 ◴[] No.45644917[source]
This is such a popular coping tactic from Americans when it comes to facing actual competition, especially from China. Everything they do must either be a lie or just stolen American technology, as if there's something inherently special about Americans that no one else has.
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1. lossolo ◴[] No.45645295[source]
It comes from what people are taught in schools and from their own self perception. When those beliefs about American exceptionalism are challenged, cognitive dissonance kicks in.

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

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2. muddi900 ◴[] No.45645541[source]
Did y'all not read the last sentence?