I don’t think there was much of a reason to ever be proud of it, if you’re ashamed now. You can still be proud of what your fellow americans put out : on the culture and research fronts most notably… the US shines far, even though I hear the Trump admin hurt some universities.
But on the political level ? it’s still the murderous empire it has been for the past 80 years, just a little more open about it
I don’t think there was much of a reason to ever be proud of it, if you’re ashamed now. You can still be proud of what your fellow americans put out : on the culture and research fronts most notably… the US shines far, even though I hear the Trump admin hurt some universities.
But on the political level ? it’s still the murderous empire it has been for the past 80 years, just a little more open about it