What motivates us Americans to do 'good'?

Question

If I were up in DC, I'd say to hell with all those other countries. We made Japan a freaking world power, we're shooting China's market into the sky, and otherwise saved other countries from being dominated by some Dicto-Commi regime.

And not even a thank you?

VanBlueBoy: While I your altruism is good, China didn't give us anything back. Japan didn't give us anything back. No one gave us anything back. We'd throw ourselves to blanket our neighbors fire, but the neighbor would probably go hide in bed while we were robbed raped and murdered.

Answer 1

Not everyone agrees the Americans are doing good all the time.
Especially the majority of the Muslim world. That's like 1 000 000 0000 people who call themselves Muslims. You may think you're doing good. When in fact others think you're doing bad or even very bad. I don't think the survivers of the American Military's accidental bombings of family homes in Iraq. While the families were still in there is considered a good kind of action by the Iraqis and Muslims worldwide.
Do you think it was good thing that America used Napalm and Agent Orange on the mostly civilian population and the rainforests in Vietnam ?
What about IBM an American company and their supposed collaboration with The Third Reich ?
What about the support of Al_Qaeda and the Taliban during the Cold War in the 1980's. When the CIA and US tax payers funded these guys. You thought that the Russians and their allies were automatically anti-American just because they lived in Communist dictatorships.
What about Americas excessive use of nuclear weapons testing in the Pacific ? Even though they knew what 1 nuclear blast can do. The US Military did 50 tests to verify the effects of what they already witnessed in the first one/
What about the CIA's LSD program.Which claimed the lives of some innoscent civilians ?
What about the supposed Law enforcment of Mormon cults that allow one man to impregnate over 100 women and girls. Yet when a single man wants only one single woman and he tries a little harder. It's sexual harrasment ?
What about American Corporate fraud and Enviornmental violations that go unchecked for years or decades and are ignored by politicians and judges ?
What about sloppy Police work that has landed tens of thousands in prison and on death row ?
What about how the current president didn't actually win the elections with fair vote counting ?
What about the hiddeous border and overall security of America. Which allows 30 milliion illigal immigrants to live annonymously within your borders ? Can these actions be considered good ?

Answer 2

No country can survive without the co-operation of the other countries. That is why Americans have to do "good."

For example, if Middle East refuse to supply oil to the US What do you thing would happen?

Another example is China. They tried to be self-sufficient before. Did you see how bad they were?

If you don't help your neighbor, do you think your neighbor would help you when someone break into your home?

I am sure the American don't just help the other countries for nothing. They always get some benefit from them.

Answer 3

Nothing anymore. Sad but true.