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Evil tends to be self defeating. Look at all of the infighting among Nazis, and the number of assassination attempts from within Hitlers own party.
US used the atomic bomb and torture. Even without that I would classify the USA in the « evil » category seeing how the social laws works (healthcare, holidays, school, guns,…).
Still they are there and not close to disappear.
I think evil is not self defeating. Evil fails when Good unit and fight. It is and always was a struggle. Good as to fight to win over Evil.
I would classify the US as good for 1 reason. The government has a mechanism to change by the will of the people. As a country, we have done horrible things, are doing horrible things, and will do more horrible things, but good people have a voice. They can change things. Every day we have the potential to be better than the day before. Besides, if you get enough people together, you can't really quantify them as evil or good. They will be a spectrum. Hell, each person is a spectrum, depending on the day and topic.
I'm not saying the US isn't good, but when has anyone ever changed anything? It's only downhill from here. I'd love to be on whatever you're smoking.