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  1. > But aside from the US, I don’t know any other non-totalitarian, non-authoritarian country where the concept [of #AntiAmericanism or #AntiItalian or #AntiBrazilianMilitaryJunta ] even exists. That’s a very striking concept. If you’re critical of policy – you’re anti-American.

    #AntiAmerican #TalkingHoagie
    Arundhati Roy mentions AntiAmericanism in _Come September_ too.

  2. @TruthSandwich
    > Anti-Americanism is a very interesting concept. It’s a concept that only exists in totalitarian states. For example, if someone in Italy, let’s say criticizing the Berlusconi government – they are not accused of being anti-Italian. In the old Soviet Union you could be condemned for being anti-Soviet, in the Brazilian military dictatorship you could be anti-Brazilian...
    chomsky.info/20170702/
    #AntiAmericanism #TalkingHoagie #AntiItalian #AntiSoviet #AntiBrazilian