Sina Khani "Let's Not Hate The Americans" (2008)

ANTI-ANTI-AMERICANISM
Sina Khani aka Sina Turner

Performed in THE RED CINEMA
Amsteram
May 24, 2008
AMSTERDAM

Live at PAZATSTA
A festival initiated by Hans Muller (Gerrit Rietveld Academy / VAV)

Camera: Styrmir Gudmundsson


Politics in the United States have operated under a two-party system for virtually all of the country's history. For elective offices at all levels, state-administered primary elections are held to choose the major party nominees for subsequent general elections. Since the general election of 1856, the two dominant parties have been the Democratic Party, founded in 1824 (though its roots trace back to 1792), and the Republican Party, founded in 1854. Since the Civil War, only one third-party presidential candidate—former president Theodore Roosevelt, running as a Progressive in 1912—has won as much as 20% of the popular vote.

Within American political culture, the Republican Party is considered "center-right" or conservative and the Democratic Party is considered "center-left" or liberal. The two ideologies competing within the political mainstream are modern liberalism and modern conservatism. The former is distinguished through its belief in Positive liberty, holding that freedom requires the opportunity to live life as one would choose. Consequently liberalism seeks the universal provision of all three generations of human rights, including for example, freedom of speech, property ownership, education, health care and a clean environment - all of which are seen as prerequisites for liberty and human development.[49][50] Modern conservatism is a hybrid of classical liberalism, which promotes Negative liberty, holding that liberty is nothing more than the absence of direct coercion by other individuals, and social conservatism, which emphasizes hierarchy and authority. It consequently often rejects state efforts to secure second and third generation rights, seeing the state's rightful role almost exclusively limited to securing first generation rights and the social hierarchy necessary for the maintain order.[51][52] While modern liberalism was the dominant ideology on domestic policy throughout the mid 20th century, during a period often dubbed the "Keynesian consensus," it has been engaged in a fierce battle with modern conservatism, since the latter's rise in the late 1970s, leading to a sharp resurgence in political polarization.[53][54] The states of the Northeast and West Coast and some of the Great Lakes states, known as "blue states" in political parlance, are relatively liberal-leaning. The "red states" of the South and the Rocky Mountains lean conservative.

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[12al34]

Considering you've "never been to america", great job =}}

honestly, america is not without its flaws, but thats just the old bush administrations fault, sorry. we're both (some of you guys & us) still working out our kinks.

[eartant]

Yeah thanks, I'm hoping with Obama in office we can make nice with you other countries. I wanted Bush out of office 4 years ago, but I guess people here were still freaked out about 9/11,and werent aware that the Bush administration set that thing up-OOPS! I said too much!

[wellington591]

For me, all americans can go to hell!

[Varrenify]

Aye, let's not hate them - let's burn their cities to the fucking ground and roast their flesh over the open flames!

[dairyproductv]

deep message. thx

[BMayhew60]

Little bit of Johnathan Richman in there somewhere. Look him up, you'll like him. Thanks and take care.

[guywilly39]

I've never hated the USA but this song is unlistenable.

[phukuman]

I think you are the assholla of rock and rolla

[hifithepanda]

As an American, I thank you for this!!

[xelor]

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