I really hope nobody thought the 'bigger dick' thing was meant to be taken literally. It's a figure of speech, a deliberate exaggeration for the sake of pointing out what is psychologically unsound about having a warlike point of view. But if I have to explain the joke . . .

Also, despite referencing Carlin, I wasn't talking only about America--the basic description applies equally to every group in history that has ever thought itself superior to another while simultaneously fearing it, and used platitudes as an excuse to invade or otherwise subjugate their enemies. Terrorists, communists, Nazis, crusaders, European imperialists, 'Manifest Destiny', the Inquisition--the list goes on and on, and the difference is only a matter of degree. It's quite true that attitudes and tolerances of 'civilised' cultures have improved quite a lot recently, and I'm all manner of grateful for that, don't mistake me. But that's often a moot point because our weapons have simultaneously become that much more deadly, so from an objective point of view getting worked up over nationalistic notions doesn't distinguish one from one's enemies in any meaningful way.

Everyone thinks they're the heroes and the good guys. Somebody has to be wrong. Could it be . . . everybody?