wondering if anyone else experiences this…
in the states, I am perceived as foreign, when not in the states I am considered american. in the states, I feel like the culture is to either (1) lean in to being american (which comes with some implications of country, republican, etc) or (2) fight like hell to disassociate with America(ns). trying to figure out why that is.
personally, I have picked number 2. whatever the public perception of American is abroad is not something I want to associate with, but I cannot escape that due to my accent. I don’t really identify with a lot of the american maximalism, ethics, loudness, etc, but cannot seem to effectively communicate that to people who aren’t american.
has anyone else experienced this? I suppose if someone is so eager to put me in a box anyways, they aren’t worth being my friend…
In 2023 just about the most stereotypical American thing you can do is the self hatred. You seem very stereotypically American.
Almost every other culture in the world is full of pride. Americans use to be like that too as well until recently.
Just some Americans. I still share a sense of pride about America, but I also feel I’d be very happy living in a beautiful country in Europe.
Some people despise America, but if they look around they’d see how blessed we are. We aren’t constantly in wars, we aren’t living as second class citizens if we are women, we aren’t forced to conform to a certain religion or dress a certain way. We aren’t perfect by any means, but we could be living in way worse conditions.
Why would anyone “share a sense of pride” being from a certain country?
We absolutely are constantly in wars. The difference is our government is the one that starts them and they never take place on our soil.
I’ll rephrase by saying our country doesn’t have war on our soil. We absolutely shouldn’t be involved in starting other wars. But living here, we aren’t in a war torn country
America: if we can’t be the best country in the world, we’ll settle for being the worst country in the world
It’s all about exceptionalism