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To my knowledge (that is, a couple YouTube videos on the topic, this could be outdated/false information), there are some people who aren't happy that the U.S. names itself after the continent of America (implying that they have a right to all of America, manifest destiny to the max). Whether that is true or not, naming stuff is always fun, so what is a good name that is representative of what the U.S. is?

My personal suggestions:

  • The Liberty States
  • since Argentina is the only country named after an element (silver), why not another? Perhaps the U.S. could be named after gold, after the Gold Rush which I think was a big thing? That or an element that can be red, white, and blue. Speaking of...
  • The Republic of Red, White, and Blue

Please assume that stale carrot man isn't in office and that the U.S. is currently being a reasonable and humane country that actually stands for democracy, liberty, and freedom.

edit: Some people really want to make it about dry orange tomato man, which is not the point of this exercise. Also note that, yes, you could argue that the U.S. was always an imperialist power that replaced democratic leaders with dictators that were favourable to American interests, and that it certainly wasn't very nice to the native peoples.

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[–] LeSeiko@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago
[–] Gobbel2000@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago
[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The US can never be "a reasonable and humane country that actually stands for democracy, liberty, and freedom", since it is an empire built with the blood of stolen people on stolen land.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Eh.. If we were generally a kind and prosperous nation, with healthcare, a strong working class, free education, and a decent system of reparations to drive equity, that whole stolen land thing would probably be overlooked.

And we'd all be riding free unicorns.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Still, it shouldn't be overlooked.

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[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Oops, sorry, *Danadia. Or Nexico.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I'd want the whole thing, but I'll settle for "This place is not a place of honor"

[–] EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Why not Columbia?

No, no Colombia (🇨🇴)!

[–] nf999@lemy.nl 1 points 2 months ago

Epstein island, just because they have tot open up the epstein files

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

NeoneoAssyria

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Please assume that stale carrot man isn’t in office and that the U.S. is currently being a reasonable and humane country that actually stands for democracy, liberty, and freedom.

How absurd. Why not choose a name for the USA that is timely and appropriate? Or, if you're going to embrace fantasy, why not choose a name for the US that assumes it's not a country but in fact some variety of small vibrating egg?

[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because I already have enough U.S. politics from the internet...

The small vibrating egg does sound way more interesting though, let's talk about that instead. What makes it vibrate? How is it so small? What will happen to the egg after the vibrations? How many varieties are there??

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Because I already have enough U.S. politics from the internet

I feel you. I wish i could turn it off.

The egg thing was inspired by an old movie (maybe woody allen). But if the USA were such a vibrating egg, i would call it “Shekky shekky brekky,” or SSB for short.

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Donald Trump's Personal Toilet

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

The Patriotic Republic of Democratic Free Republicanistan.

Of course it won’t be democratic, or free, and the patriotism is punitively mandatory.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 months ago

The official name for Mexico is the United Mexican States, a similar name to the United States of America but focused on the region of Mexico, the area which has Mexico City and the State of Mexico.

The problem with applying this to the USA is that, unlike Mexico, the USA was a collection of various colonies with different political and religious traditions coming together rather than the more unified viceroyality of Mexico.

Using words like Atlantic or Piedmont wouldn't work well as the words described the colonies as is but the nation was partially rebelling to be able to settle lands on the other side of Appalachian Mountains.

Columbia might work as the word was used as a by label for the USA, so the United States of Columbia. This would likely cause Gran Colombia to choose a different name for their country.

Outside of Columbia, I can't think of a name which would act as a label in which all colonies would agree.

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