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More sweeping negative nabobbery, without specifics, without comparison, without context.

The US has also caused succour and relief around the world, caused economic upturns around the world, caused economic downturns around the world, caused poetry to be read around the world, caused idiocy around the world, caused beauty and fine illuminating moments around the world and caused despair and boredom and apathetic indifference around the world. I guess we're just a great big happening crowd, huh? Wish we could get some representatives into Cosmos Central -- then we'd really see widespread influence...

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