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Originally Posted by Ningyou
I don't think the problem is people being American--it's like everything else, you can't condemn the whole group. I know people that are incredibly hard working and not overly self indulgent.
Things suck here right now because of the economy, and whether people are for, against, or don't really care about Obama in general doesn't really matter anymore. Just like when Bush was president most people hated him at the end of it and couldn't really do anything about it, since they're the ones who put him in office to begin with--TWICE.
But hopefully things start looking up here. But although I have said many times that I wish to leave the U.S. someday, I think that will only be to travel for a few years and return. Because no matter how much Americans talk shit about this country, it's still your homes.
Try to fix yourselves and then maybe other people will follow and things will get better.
If you don't want to do that, then sit back, download some more porn, and let the stereotypes continue  |
Exactly how do things "suck" in America right now? How is your life affected? What hardships are you personally enduring?
Do you think Europe is a better place? European unemployment is about double that of America. In the more socialist parts of Europe (like Sweden), the number is closer to quadruple (or higher).
Many young Americans claim that "America sucks" because they've been brought up to "question authority". They think for some reason that it is cool or trendy to be cynical or even rebellious in their opinion of their country. That's not difficult to do to people who have never been anywhere else, and who take the opinions of others rather than going to the trouble of forming their own.
Eintein said to "question everything". He didn't say that because he wanted to prove things wrong; more often than not, he wanted to prove things right.
The Constitution states: We the people, in order to for a
more perfect union..." There is no such thing as a "perfect" union (or country). But America is as close as it gets.