latino stand up comedian Carlos Juarez going into a joke about a recent British Article called "Reliving the Glory Days." The article was panned by basically everyone who wasn't a western european or american (US). Juarez's joke was controversial, but more for being unfunny and a bit fillabuster-y than anything.
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"It was you, Mr. Getten who ended the Pax Americana. You sold the poor out for a quick buck. Engineered recessions and depressions so the value of your interests would plummet for a few months and you could gobble them up. You backed a racist regime because it gave you an excuse to send american boys to some fuck-all desert to die for your oil. You sold weapons to governments we were at war with after paying Congress to authorize interventions. And now? on live television, I'm going to slit your throat -less pain than you deserve, unfortunately. And then? I'm going to liquidize all your assets and give every american two hundred thousand dollars. And in case you yourself are watching Mr. President? Don't thank me just yet. After all, despite your words against this slug, you still let him bully you around. Thus, the Vice President and I have agreed you've failed your oath, and he will be replacing you right about... now."
'AGGCK---'
"Now that that's done, ladies and gentlemen, please check your bank accounts at your nearest opportunity. Now then, after all that, the government is free to arrest me. My name is Franklin Von Gent, and i live at 7C Briskshore Apartments, Seattle. Just do me a favor and win this damn cold war, eh? We're americans, we beat the British before with muskets and farming tools. Why's this time any different?"
--a news broadcast, 1988