Everybody loves America?
Well actually quite clearly NOT everyone loves America! Events five years ago make that clear. But what is it about America that causes so many to love to hate her?
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I think a lot of it has to do with that they want what we have. More freedom and less strife. And it's hard for other countries to achieve that.
The come to hate us for not sharing the 'wealth' per se. But how can that be possible? There will always be one country that has more of everything the others. Its how it was for the Romans and the British Empire. Its how it is for America.
Another reason is that America exports alot of their entertainment to the rest of the World and because of this they get a glimpe of our way of life and they feel threatened by it. They dont want the younger generation getting any ideas that might challenge their own belief systems.
And still others dispise us because in a sense we are in everybody's business but only if it will gains us any profit.
Take for instance the war right now.The rest of the world is tired of it as are many americans. And while the UN is trying to gain interest to stop the horrible genocide in Darfur everyone is so caught up in the war that is costing so much.
The US is like a rich bad tempered teenager that wishes o better itself but will get very angry and make others pay when ever it feels that it has been wronged.
it's the pie
I dunno, but if they want it to be better, they should stop bit**ing and do something you know
in your dreams
how about 50 years of foreign policy that is geared towards American self interests, rather than for the good of all mankind. America will screw any country in the a.s.s if there is a red cent in profit for her!
because of our decadance.. that's why. and they covet what we have.
yeah it is a great country
i have been to there this summer holiday
it is so beautiful & also freedom
i love USA Graet!
I can sum it up in four letters. B U S H.
THIS WAS WRITTEN BY YOU!!!!!!!!!
Although I see the same 'crimes' everywhere else on this globe, it always feels like I saw it in America first. When each July 4th passes by and they pompously parade their Stars and Stripes to much noise and fanfare through the streets and declaring 'God Bless America' I am left wondering time and again why didn't God let Mad King George hold on to the reigns? Perhaps a more civilized nation would eventually have risen? Perhaps not?
apparently you do not so I will not waste my time on you. 2pts
I heard an interview on the radio this morning that I agree with in regards to this - ever since the US "won" the Cold War and became the only real super-power, it became a target. As long as the US remains the only super-power, it will remain a target. Either another country has to step-up as a super power (could be an enemy or an ally), the US will just remain a target.
oh yeah,
America is so selfish.
Think the Kyoto agreement.
B/c we espouse freedom. A person from another planet can look upon the USA and see we are very different from many other countries. We have freedoms others do not.
Like being the "fastest gun in the West" or the best Martial arts student - like Bruce Lee. Everyone feels an urge to take you down. Make you humble. In reality they are attempting to boost their own image to themselves. It's a mind-set.
Americans think they rule the world but we all know different.
eleven years or so of fuel left, shares in oil, companys owned in the same industry, attacting countrys for so called reasons of fredom?
selling wepons to volitile countrys who then use these wepons to attack there neighbours?
yeh the usa rocks?
NOT!
Why do so many people hate America (& I'm not one of them)? Simple .Americans.
The American 'culture' is destroying the world. Crap US TV, crap music, McDonalds, Starbucks, Wal-Mart, Dodge, Apple, Microsoft, Walt Disney.
Americans are, with few exceptions, loud, brash, boring & know-alls. They take 'their' society with them wherever they go & leave it to dispoil the 'native' country. Living in the UK now is a bit like living in Boston except the buildings aren't as tall & the people are thinner.
There must be lots of good stuff to say about America. So why doesn't someone list them?
Here's a little example- 30% of americans think britain is a place with lots of fields and buildings with thatched roofs
May be because America is trying to get everybody under her Flag.People are dreaming of Green pastures in USA which is considered the most powerful country where the statndard of living they think is higher than his homeland.A nightmare to lead a luxury living.People who love America are looking at it through only one angle but there is another direction to think about.
A lot of Americans are seen as being insular - not knowing much about the rest of the world but the world would be a lot more boring had America never existed. No rock'n'roll; no blues; no Hollywood;no Motown, no Bilko, no Larry David; no Simpsons. And let's not forget that a lot of Americans paid the ultimate price in both World Wars to stop the spread of fascism.
haha america is the most freest in the world. what a goddamn lie. american tv is one of the most censored in the world. in fact the media is a LOT more (self) censored than most european countries. what about gay marriage? what about all those people wanting to ban abortion? south dakota's already banned it. take a look outside. america is not the land of the free
funny how that guy down there says america is bad and then says he'd rather live in china..have you forgotten about tiananmen square already? or the fact that china is a communistic state and one of the least free countries in the world?
Everybody who loves America loves it because all of the freedom and choices we have. They love our trends and technology. Basically just our way of life. The ones that hate us are either jealous of what we have or feel that their way of life is being threatened.
Aggression and the need to bully, Greed, Hypocrisy, Corruption, Absence of Culture and the attempt to make vulgarity a virtue.
IMHO it seems to be the whole Cowboys & Indians attitude they take to the rest of the world.
Their heads of state project this "We're RIGHT! You are WRONG!" and "Only OUR opinion counts" image. I don't think they realise how they come across a lot of the time. That combined with a very hightened sense of paranoia, used to keep it's own population in check, tends to annoy the rest of the world quite a bit.
I live in an area that is very international and the few Americans that are here seem to get quite an education in their first couple of weeks as to how their country is percieved. They genuinely seem oblivious to the bully boy tactics their forgein policy courts or that telling another country how to run itself might seem rude.
I'm British and I don't like what my government do and say most of the time but at least I'm aware of it. What worries me is that most Americans believe their own propaganda and then try to spread it. They do not realise that it is propaganda.
I don't know what the solution is but I know it involves Respecting the values of others even if you don't agree with them. For a country that has a Freedom of Speech act it's interestingly tight lipped.
Don't get me wrong, I think Yanks are stupid too but don't we ever get tired of criticising them?
Just remember there a MILLIONS of educated, cultured Americans , particularly in the Northern States. They find Emperor Bush EVERY BIT as embarrassing as we all do. Let's not alienate one of our closest allies outside of Europe. We all need friends in the war against Islam and really, we are not so different.
America is a blessed with anything you can think of vice or virtue
jealous? no. not so many people want to live in us. its crap country. crap culture (or rather no culture), freedom is a joke in USA. it use to be (maybe), but there is much more of freedom in Europe. things, that USA is doing in third world countries. "democracy". i rather would live in china, than receive any "help" from USA.
What Pretorian said.
America is the most isolated country in the world, even though its so well connected.
EVERY BODY LOVES AMERICA. if they dont they r sad cus they arnt american(or they just suk)
I have nothing against individual Americans, some are great, some are scumbags but you get that wherever you go, but American Policy sucks. why does the American government and some of their people think that they are superior and should police the world? We as Brits do not owe them anything, they only helped us in WW2 after Pearl Harbour. We have more in common socially with the Western Europe of today.
Everybody imitates America.
Yes, South America!
Because basically people want to be number one and when they aren't sometimes they develop a hate for the one at the top.
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I think a lot of it has to do with that they want what we have. More freedom and less strife. And it's hard for other countries to achieve that.
The come to hate us for not sharing the 'wealth' per se. But how can that be possible? There will always be one country that has more of everything the others. Its how it was for the Romans and the British Empire. Its how it is for America.
Another reason is that America exports alot of their entertainment to the rest of the World and because of this they get a glimpe of our way of life and they feel threatened by it. They dont want the younger generation getting any ideas that might challenge their own belief systems.
And still others dispise us because in a sense we are in everybody's business but only if it will gains us any profit.
Take for instance the war right now.The rest of the world is tired of it as are many americans. And while the UN is trying to gain interest to stop the horrible genocide in Darfur everyone is so caught up in the war that is costing so much.
The US is like a rich bad tempered teenager that wishes o better itself but will get very angry and make others pay when ever it feels that it has been wronged.
it's the pie
I dunno, but if they want it to be better, they should stop bit**ing and do something you know
in your dreams
how about 50 years of foreign policy that is geared towards American self interests, rather than for the good of all mankind. America will screw any country in the a.s.s if there is a red cent in profit for her!
because of our decadance.. that's why. and they covet what we have.
yeah it is a great country
i have been to there this summer holiday
it is so beautiful & also freedom
i love USA Graet!
I can sum it up in four letters. B U S H.
THIS WAS WRITTEN BY YOU!!!!!!!!!
Although I see the same 'crimes' everywhere else on this globe, it always feels like I saw it in America first. When each July 4th passes by and they pompously parade their Stars and Stripes to much noise and fanfare through the streets and declaring 'God Bless America' I am left wondering time and again why didn't God let Mad King George hold on to the reigns? Perhaps a more civilized nation would eventually have risen? Perhaps not?
apparently you do not so I will not waste my time on you. 2pts
I heard an interview on the radio this morning that I agree with in regards to this - ever since the US "won" the Cold War and became the only real super-power, it became a target. As long as the US remains the only super-power, it will remain a target. Either another country has to step-up as a super power (could be an enemy or an ally), the US will just remain a target.
oh yeah,
America is so selfish.
Think the Kyoto agreement.
B/c we espouse freedom. A person from another planet can look upon the USA and see we are very different from many other countries. We have freedoms others do not.
Like being the "fastest gun in the West" or the best Martial arts student - like Bruce Lee. Everyone feels an urge to take you down. Make you humble. In reality they are attempting to boost their own image to themselves. It's a mind-set.
Americans think they rule the world but we all know different.
eleven years or so of fuel left, shares in oil, companys owned in the same industry, attacting countrys for so called reasons of fredom?
selling wepons to volitile countrys who then use these wepons to attack there neighbours?
yeh the usa rocks?
NOT!
Why do so many people hate America (& I'm not one of them)? Simple .Americans.
The American 'culture' is destroying the world. Crap US TV, crap music, McDonalds, Starbucks, Wal-Mart, Dodge, Apple, Microsoft, Walt Disney.
Americans are, with few exceptions, loud, brash, boring & know-alls. They take 'their' society with them wherever they go & leave it to dispoil the 'native' country. Living in the UK now is a bit like living in Boston except the buildings aren't as tall & the people are thinner.
There must be lots of good stuff to say about America. So why doesn't someone list them?
Here's a little example- 30% of americans think britain is a place with lots of fields and buildings with thatched roofs
May be because America is trying to get everybody under her Flag.People are dreaming of Green pastures in USA which is considered the most powerful country where the statndard of living they think is higher than his homeland.A nightmare to lead a luxury living.People who love America are looking at it through only one angle but there is another direction to think about.
A lot of Americans are seen as being insular - not knowing much about the rest of the world but the world would be a lot more boring had America never existed. No rock'n'roll; no blues; no Hollywood;no Motown, no Bilko, no Larry David; no Simpsons. And let's not forget that a lot of Americans paid the ultimate price in both World Wars to stop the spread of fascism.
haha america is the most freest in the world. what a goddamn lie. american tv is one of the most censored in the world. in fact the media is a LOT more (self) censored than most european countries. what about gay marriage? what about all those people wanting to ban abortion? south dakota's already banned it. take a look outside. america is not the land of the free
funny how that guy down there says america is bad and then says he'd rather live in china..have you forgotten about tiananmen square already? or the fact that china is a communistic state and one of the least free countries in the world?
Everybody who loves America loves it because all of the freedom and choices we have. They love our trends and technology. Basically just our way of life. The ones that hate us are either jealous of what we have or feel that their way of life is being threatened.
Aggression and the need to bully, Greed, Hypocrisy, Corruption, Absence of Culture and the attempt to make vulgarity a virtue.
IMHO it seems to be the whole Cowboys & Indians attitude they take to the rest of the world.
Their heads of state project this "We're RIGHT! You are WRONG!" and "Only OUR opinion counts" image. I don't think they realise how they come across a lot of the time. That combined with a very hightened sense of paranoia, used to keep it's own population in check, tends to annoy the rest of the world quite a bit.
I live in an area that is very international and the few Americans that are here seem to get quite an education in their first couple of weeks as to how their country is percieved. They genuinely seem oblivious to the bully boy tactics their forgein policy courts or that telling another country how to run itself might seem rude.
I'm British and I don't like what my government do and say most of the time but at least I'm aware of it. What worries me is that most Americans believe their own propaganda and then try to spread it. They do not realise that it is propaganda.
I don't know what the solution is but I know it involves Respecting the values of others even if you don't agree with them. For a country that has a Freedom of Speech act it's interestingly tight lipped.
Don't get me wrong, I think Yanks are stupid too but don't we ever get tired of criticising them?
Just remember there a MILLIONS of educated, cultured Americans , particularly in the Northern States. They find Emperor Bush EVERY BIT as embarrassing as we all do. Let's not alienate one of our closest allies outside of Europe. We all need friends in the war against Islam and really, we are not so different.
America is a blessed with anything you can think of vice or virtue
jealous? no. not so many people want to live in us. its crap country. crap culture (or rather no culture), freedom is a joke in USA. it use to be (maybe), but there is much more of freedom in Europe. things, that USA is doing in third world countries. "democracy". i rather would live in china, than receive any "help" from USA.
What Pretorian said.
America is the most isolated country in the world, even though its so well connected.
EVERY BODY LOVES AMERICA. if they dont they r sad cus they arnt american(or they just suk)
I have nothing against individual Americans, some are great, some are scumbags but you get that wherever you go, but American Policy sucks. why does the American government and some of their people think that they are superior and should police the world? We as Brits do not owe them anything, they only helped us in WW2 after Pearl Harbour. We have more in common socially with the Western Europe of today.
Everybody imitates America.
Yes, South America!
Because basically people want to be number one and when they aren't sometimes they develop a hate for the one at the top.
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