The US has a lot of history to deal with - genocide of Native Americans, slavery, treatment of women, to name a few. A number of horrible wars since the aftermath of WW2.
We are also going through significant challenges right now - social, political, economic, foreign relationships.
We may or may not survive as a country. We may have a positive or adverse effect on the rest of the world as we go through what we must go through.
However, the rest of the world is simply not innocent.
Europe has a lot to account for. So does Russia, China, Japan. And lets not forget the Islamic and Ottoman empires, which easily matched and in many respects put to shame the slavery, colonization, genocides, ethnic cleansing, and apartheid of the American, European, and Asian empires.
Most of the worlds current problems are the result of the collapse of these empires about 100 years ago, payment for the failure of their insufferable mentalities over many centuries.
Right now the US is facing payment for its past, the rest of the world is still paying for its past.
Maybe you feel the need to equate everyone in order to feel better with your complicity, but it is simply not true. Every empire has committed atrocities, sure. Not every country or ethnic group though. Some have been historically non aggressive and grossly mistreated by greedy emperors, conquerors and politicians.
"Europe" has nothing to account for. Western Europe ? Sure.
I do not make excuses for what the US did/does, I acknowledge it. Nor do I minimize what it has done or is doing because others have done similar/worse. It is you who singles out US and Western Europe as bad, and make excuses for everyone else.
Eastern Europe is also "complicit", Eastern Europe countries have committed genocide and ethnic cleansing, and have continued to do so even recently.
The entire middle east is "complicit", and it is currently paying for the sins of 1200 years of empire that only ended 100 years ago.
Maybe you come from a small country that has never been part of an empire or has never been "complicit" in such crimes, but has been historically suppressed and taken advantage of. If so, I sympathize. I come from a combination of people who have been enslaved for centuries and people who have been historically kept under apartheid, ethnically cleansed, or simply killed for who they are.
Am I "complicit" ? My parents and ancestors certainly were not. Maybe I am simply for living in the US and enjoying its benefits. I do have to live somewhere.
We are also going through significant challenges right now - social, political, economic, foreign relationships.
We may or may not survive as a country. We may have a positive or adverse effect on the rest of the world as we go through what we must go through.
However, the rest of the world is simply not innocent.
Europe has a lot to account for. So does Russia, China, Japan. And lets not forget the Islamic and Ottoman empires, which easily matched and in many respects put to shame the slavery, colonization, genocides, ethnic cleansing, and apartheid of the American, European, and Asian empires.
Most of the worlds current problems are the result of the collapse of these empires about 100 years ago, payment for the failure of their insufferable mentalities over many centuries.
Right now the US is facing payment for its past, the rest of the world is still paying for its past.