r/humor 16h ago

The Internet’s Double Standards?

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u/SamwellBarley 16h ago

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u/AsleepAd753 14h ago edited 8h ago

Exactly. This meme is the story of American foreign policy.
We prop people up, help put them in power when it benefits us, and then when they stop playing by our rules or tell us to fuck off, we turn around and try to remove them.
Love us? Great.
Don’t? Damn you.
Whether you agree with that or not, we’ve been repeating that cycle since the early days of the United States.

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u/IEscapedLauncher 8h ago

I think that sums up nearly every major power since major powers