Why Do People Hate The USA?

[Xx{Midnight}xX]

Re: Why Do People Hate The USA?

Why not?

I mean we're usually a pretty greedy moronic bunch.

[Goldenwind]

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Why do internationals hate (or like) the United States? As a whole or citizens themselves?

Personal, real-life example from last night.

Was at a public place, and a hockey team from Chicago came in.
- They were EXTREMELY loud
- They were talking shit and being rude
- They were saying things that imply low intelligence

This is the view the world has of America. Many Americans, probably even most, are decent individuals. Just the stereotype is they're loud, rude Neanderthals, and there are a noticeable portion of them that actually are.

In Japan, for example, where racism is accepted, Americans are banned from some bars.
Why?
In Japan, a bar is a much more calm, polite environment than in North America. Americans come in, and disturb the entire venue with their swearing, yelling and rough-housing.

[fido123]

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I think there are a lot of reasons why a lot of nations generally don't really like the U.S. as a whole. First of all, a lot of Americans in my own, and other people's experiences has been quite a lot of Americans are completely ignorant to the world outside of their country, and often times state. When I've been in the U.S. which has been quite a few times, people from Philadelphia think I take dog-sleds everywhere. I know not everybody is like this but it's really sad this has happened to me even once, let alone a half-a-dozen. Also a lot of American's I've talked to think the U.S. won WWII for the Europeans, which is a load of bull although yes obviously the U.S. played a major role in the war. A lot of American's like to also take credit for the invention of basketball, or the telephone which were invented in Canada. Also most of the world disagree's with what America is doing around the world in the Iraq war and elsewhere. There are a lot of reasons, and IMO a lot of them are valid, but I think it's also ignorant to assume all Americans are like this, although when I go on vacation to foreign places in Europe, the taxi drivers will tell us about 90% of every American in their car is arrogant in one way or another, but that might just be the demographic of Americans who go on cruises sometimes or the taxi's bias.

[foilman8805]

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Also a lot of American's I've talked to think the U.S. won WWII for the Europeans, which is a load of bull although yes obviously the U.S. played a major role in the war.

Well I laughed at this because clearly Canada won that war for Europe, right?

[DotKritic]

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...Canada was free to enter the war on its own accord. Despite initially favouring appeasement of Adolf Hitler, King asked the opinion of the Canadian parliament before advising George VI, as King of Canada, to declare war on Germany after the Invasion of Poland.

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The term appeasement is commonly understood to refer to a diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to another power. It has been described as "...the policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and satisfying grievances through rational negotiation and compromise, thereby avoiding the resort to an armed conflict which would be expensive, bloody, and possibly dangerous." It was used by European democracies in the 1930s who wished to avoid war with the dictatorships of Germany and Italy, bearing in mind the horrors of the First World War.

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[T-Force]

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Well I laughed at this because clearly Canada won that war for Europe, right?

We may not have won it, but we were there from the beginning.

[Mans0n]

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Other countries are just jelous of americans because of how much power and influence we have without hardly having to do much work. WE have the luxury of being to do that. Because if we didn't then we wouldn't have any lazy people, because im sure there would be laws put into place that would make anyone that is capable of working work.

[bmah]

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Other countries are just jelous of americans because of how much power and influence we have without hardly having to do much work. WE have the luxury of being to do that. Because if we didn't then we wouldn't have any lazy people, because im sure there would be laws put into place that would make anyone that is capable of working work.

can your thinking get any more linear than this

[T-Force]

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Other countries are just jelous of americans because of how much power and influence we have without hardly having to do much work. WE have the luxury of being to do that. Because if we didn't then we wouldn't have any lazy people, because im sure there would be laws put into place that would make anyone that is capable of working work.

Thank you for being the stereotype.

[fido123]

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Well I laughed at this because clearly Canada won that war for Europe, right?

First of you're simply using the argument of a 2 year old: "Yeah you're right but YOUR country etc etc". Arrogance at it's finest. We may not have a lot of power, but as a country we tried hard. We have a small population, so obviously we're not going to be able to offer more man-power.

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Could you explain what you're trying to imply here? And again I'm not trying to get all Canada vs America. There are ignorant people in all countries. If you're trying to say something along the lines of the whole world was letting Hitler do whatever he wanted just waiting around, you're wrong. Shortly after Germany started invading countries and committing genocide Europe and Canada went to war while the U.S. remained isolationists not giving a ****.

Other countries are just jelous of americans because of how much power and influence we have without hardly having to do much work. WE have the luxury of being to do that. Because if we didn't then we wouldn't have any lazy people, because im sure there would be laws put into place that would make anyone that is capable of working work.

The reason a lot of people hate Americans is because of people like you. You're ****ing arrogant and it's now hard to take anything you say seriously. China has far more power and influence over the U.S. but personally I couldn't give half a shit how much power and influence my country has, rather than how much I like living in my country and what my country can offer me.

[who_cares973]

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mans0n is literally like 14 years old give the kid a break

[Oni-Paranoia]

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America has nukes, we fight in nearly every war, we're trillions of dollars in debt... This list can go on and on of why some might hate/like.

mans0n is literally like 14 years old give the kid a break

Age is no excuse for ignorance.

[who_cares973]

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if that was true then any kid under 13 should be laughed at and frowned upon for their perception of the world.

[foilman8805]

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First of you're simply using the argument of a 2 year old: "Yeah you're right but YOUR country etc etc". Arrogance at it's finest. We may not have a lot of power, but as a country we tried hard. We have a small population, so obviously we're not going to be able to offer more man-power.

It's not even arrogance and I didn't say Canada didn't make an effort in the war either. What I'm saying is that Canada did not tip the scales in the same way that the United States did. So Canada declared war a week after Britain and France. I'm not impressed.

Also a lot of American's I've talked to think the U.S. won WWII for the Europeans, which is a load of bull although yes obviously the U.S. played a major role in the war.

And really though, what kind of bullshit is this? "**** the Americans for thinking they won WWII for Europe because they didn't... but I admit they played a major role." Yeah, that's a pretty blatant contradiction and I'm pretty sure you've got no idea what you're talking about. The United States was supporting and re-supplying the British in early 1940 and then passed the Lend-Lease Act in 1941 in continual support of the British. Though not physically in the fight at that point with feet on the ground, the United States was still an active part of the war. When the US finally did join the war as an Ally, we fought the war on TWO fronts shitting on the Japanese in the Pacific and putting pressure on the German war front in Europe while Canada fought the front only in Europe. Without the enormous amount of American industrial production early in the war and more so later on when production really kicked into high gear, that war would have been lost without a doubt. I haven't even mentioned the technology the United States brought into the war either. I think the point I'm trying to make is pretty clear.

It's not arrogance, but simply a statement of fact. The United States turned WWII around and was absolutely instrumental in the Allied victory.

[dragonmegaXX]

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if that was true then any kid under 13 should be laughed at and frowned upon for their perception of the world.

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