Why Are Americans Rooting Against America? Because We Became the Monsters
When venture capitalist Shaun Maguire posed a seemingly innocent question on X — "How did we get to the point where so many Americans are rooting against America?" — journalist Ryan Grim delivered an answer so devastating it racked up over 100,000 views in hours. Grim's response was surgical: "Americans are rooting against America because we facilitated a genocide and followed it with a surprise
attack on a girls elementary school followed by attacks on universities, medical centers, more schools, a world famous pharmaceutical research center, a volleyball team, an unfinished bridge we claimed was transporting weapons and then a nuclear power plant. We are now promising endless attacks on civilian infrastructure." "We are hunting and targeting anyone who might be involved in ceasefire
negotiations." "Most people do not pay enough attention to have absorbed all the propaganda about the U.S. and Iran. So people coming to this fresh see us for what we are: absolute monsters. And monsters must be stopped. That's why people are rooting against us and for civilization to prevail." The Deeper Context: Iran and the West What makes Grim's answer even more powerful is the historical
context he alludes to. The US-Iran confrontation didn't begin in 2025 — it has been a 70-year project of domination. The 1953 Coup The CIA overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh for the crime of nationalizing Iranian oil. The US installed Shah Pahlavi, a brutal dictator whose secret police (SAVAK) tortured and killed thousands. This single act of imperial