Why do Americans think they are the centre of the universe?

Question

C'mon people i'm fishin' for a bite
don't tell i'm not gunna get one?

Answer 1

BECAUSE WE ARE!

hahahaha...

You are stupid.

Get a life.. Americans don't think that ignoramous..

Answer 2

I, personally, do not believe this. And I don't think that all Americans believe this either. I do know that Americans are despised by other people in other countries for different reasons. What I dislike are these gross and ugly generalizations about Americans.

Regarding your comment, I think that any group of people that live an isolated existence tend to have this general belief that their country is the best, and perhaps the center of the universe, as you put it. When you lead an isolating existence, your knowledge of the outside world is poor and your judgements are superficial and ill-informed.

Prime examples: China during its Dynasty years thought it was the center of the universe ... ergo its name, Zhongguo, which literally translates to "middle country," meaning center of the world. North Korea, up until recently, led an isolated existence due to the design of its leader, and through propaganda, convinced his own people that the rest of the world, especially South Korea was poor.

For a long time, the United States, was geographically and culturally isolated to a certain extent. Our education system and mass media do not prepare us to act as citizens of the world -- instead it prepares to be very inward focus -- looking at things from the local point of view and succeeding as individuals. Because of this inward focus and isolating existence, many Americans have a superficial understanding of the world, but after 9/11, we are all forced to look outward and take into consideration other peopel and cultures we previously knew very little about.

The United States, center of the universe? I think not. Like everyone else, I think we're trying to be the best we can be as individuals and as citizens of the world. As for our president and ultra-conservative leaders ... that's a completely different story.

Answer 3

Why do you assume you know Americans so well? Don't tell me, you probably also think we're all rich, snobby, and arrogant pricks that wear fancy business suits making millions of dollars with a big mansion, yacht, and fancy car. Yeah, we got a handful of those too, but the reality is the vast majority of us wake up, drive to work for 1-2 hours, work 9-5 or longer jobs, come home, make dinner, eat, clean up, watch some TV, catch some z's for the night and wake up and do the same thing every day of the week without a care in the world for where we are in the universe. If you twist your question as a statement of fact, then the answer is because you are just as deluded as we are, my friend, and the center of your universe is as subjective as ours. Ignorance is relative. ;)

Answer 4

It's an attutude common to those in large, powerful societies that come to think their nation's powers are unchallenged, that that power is a manifestation of infalibility, and that that power will never wane, with their society's supremacy constant and eternal.

Of course, the ancient Romans thought that about their own empire, as did the British, the Moghuls in India, the French under Louis XIV, and on, and on...

Unfortunately, the lessons of Vietnam seem to have worn off the American psyche, but those of Iraq are only now taking hold. Too bad that a Judeo-Christian culture that prizes humility as a virtue in an individual is so much less demanding of the society as a whole, and those they choose to administer it.

Answer 5

Im not sure if this is going to answer you. But I do know from friends who have been to America. That they don't learn about any other countries or other countries cultures. They only learn about their own country. So maybe thats why they think they are the centre of the universe. Other countries don't exist to them. Very sad.
I personally have met some nice Americans and they are not any different from us and I live in Australia. They just need to be educated, thats all.

Answer 6

You know what 'thought' did, don't you? Thought he did, but he didn't. All empirical nations eventually fall because of greed. For too long this country has proclaimed 'home of the brave, land of the free' there is nothing free about poverty, racism, so-called brave acts of soldiers treating prisoners less that dogs. No, America isn't the centre of the universe but it may be the catalyst for our destruction - what chance does little countries have when our leaders bow and scrape to Bush?

Answer 7

At everytime there must be a nation or big country thought that it is the Top of the world,, for example,, in the old days,, Roman were the top,, and in other time Iran (known as Faris) was the top and England had its time too and even Arabian countries were at sometime in the past the top of the world,,, U see where now is each top??? not exist ,,as this time is the time for USA,, but as u see,, nothing continue for ever,, each has its own time

Answer 8

How about you study geopolitics and the global impact the US has on the world economy.

You want "center of the universe", look no further than the "better than thou altruistic nations of the EU" who can do nothing wrong.

You will get nothing but generalizations from people who have most likely never left their hometown, let alone travelled the world.

Europe, get over yourselves and stop passing on your post colonial guilt onto the US.

I guess its to be expected from a bunch of kids who swallow the "lets sling mud on the US" rhetoric hook line and sinker.

Thanks,
Irish immigrant living in the US.

Answer 9

Some Americans do, but certainly not all. I don't. The USA is the most powerful country on the globe, true, but that doesn't make its citizens better than anyone else.

As for our so-called leader, he's certainly no better than anyone else!!! Man, I'm so glad he won't be on the ballot next time around!

People around the globe are all equal in the eyes of God.

Answer 10

Are you saying we're not?

O.k. list your country below and we will prove it to you after we have proven it to a few other ones. In other words take a number.


Kidding, actually 50 years ago we were what we think we are today, but it has been slipping out of our fingers slowly without us even realizing it. If we keep going like we are going now we will be a third world country before we know what hit us.

Answer 11

Cause their leader is a jerk and tells them that they are all the time... which sucks cause everyone over here in my home town hail the American universe (but they hate the fact that they've got a better living style...I think, that's what I hear anyway) But I think its just cause the evil dude that holds the power to shoot bombs everywhere is the reason why... oh yeah they keep telling themselves that since lets see.................. they won their independence!