A challenging hypothesis that made me think deeply. My perspectives as a non-American who follows their lib / left publications and SM...
Founded on stolen land is historically accurate AFAIK.
Slavery was practised in some regions but I don't remember being told that the US was founded on it.
I have been told that some sections are racist and sexist, especially in so-called "red" states. These beliefs seem to be whitewashed by right media using euphemisms like "all lives matter" or "pro-life".
But the nation itself was not painted as sexist or racist. Indeed, it was often described as
mostly welcoming of all races and immigrants.
I don't think it's been called an illegitimate nation and don't see it as such. Rather manipulative and bullying. With bad healthcare and ruthless capitalism. But still a better values-based policeman than the USSR or Russia or China.
I see Trump admin as a higher level success of the racist sexist sections. It is destruction. But by the wrong section of society on the better sections. I see it not as restorative justice but as a path to worse future injustice.
Are those who talked about all this to blame for these consequences? Observing a phenomenon to analyze, criticize, and predict is something we all do. They were just the messengers of a phenomenon that was already in motion.
The phenomenon was irrational brainwashing using euphemisms and disinfo to whitewash unethical ideas, done by the US rightwing media and its corporate backers.