That's what we're told, but there's a lot we're not told. I wonder why we focus on how many people Stalin killed, yet we don't think about how many died during the industrial revolution. Maybe we care more about Soviet than American lives or maybe anti-socialism/communism propaganda shapes our thoughts.

Yes, we are always at war, destroying nations to free a portion of the population from a government they don't like and we don't agree with. Never mind that wars aren't liberating and we kill for the side that suits our interests no matter what the majority of the people want.

Another Civil War perspect is the North couldn't compete with the South's slave labor, but the South didn't want to give up their free capital (slaves). Europe who ended slavery, also claimed free labor enabled unfair profits and advantages, limiting trade with the US. There's a lot more to the capital side of things, but we only learn about our undying love of freeing people from repression.

Edward Snowden, an American whistleblower fled to Russia to seek political asylum, and until recently, the US accepted refugees from Latin America because we destabilized their governments. However, many people immigrate to the US because our foreign policy is worse than our domestic, and it's difficult to make a living when IMF loans consume your country's wealth. Unfortunately, it's a rude awakening for the migrants when they see our homelessness is worse than the nations they fled.

People in the Global South and war torn countries don't share the same "freedom-loving" view as us, but we don't care what they think because they don't understand the wars and coups were for their freedom.