Do Americans suffer from a superiority complex ?

Question

And why can't Americans answer this question without being abusive towards other countries ? very uncivilized !!

Answer 1

A lot of them don't know the rest of the world exists!

Answer 2

LOL, it doesn't seem like they're suffering too much with it! I enjoy traveling in the States, the folk are great. I have noticed something about Americans when they come here to my native Canada. No matter where in the States they may be from if they feel they are being made fun of they clam right up. It's a very American trait, so how superior could they feel. That's generally a sign of being humble, by being silent; or maybe they only do that with us. I've been told by Americans that we're hard to figure out, with our polite veneer; socialism; and strong alcoholic beverages.LOL, one things for sure; they're calling the shots; like it or not; and that sort of power can puff people up a lot. On the whole they don't do that, but piss them off and HOOO DADDY it's daisy cutter time! When you've got those sorts of weapons and resources behind you it's not hard to get a little superior going on. Truth be told it's probably my nation that has the superiority complex, we have used the American Army to protect us for decades; Americans buy almost all our stuff; and we just sit back and enjoy the ride when there's trouble; going "Tu tu" over every news flash. Hard to throw stones when your house is glass, and very hard to throw stones at our Cousins house; particularly when you see your reflection.

Answer 3

I think, generally, that every country's citizens thing that they are 'number one'. I think perhaps the disprportionate amount of military power and financial power in the States imbues Americans with a certain amount of a superiority complex. Equally, though, I'd say that a lot of people don't fully understand what Americans think or are like-- or, indeed how very basic things about the states work. As who has lived in two countries and is currently living in London, I think that people's impressions about the States is heavily influenced by a biased media and through American cultural exports that may not be the best representation of the States. And I think that misunderstanding has a tendency to boil over and, when confronted with Americans, tends to get a reaction that comes off as a 'superiority complex' but really is just a frustration with always being stereotyped and knowing that everyone in the world has an opinion, usually negative, about your culture and government-- and they always feel the need to express it to you, as if by doing so blame can be laid for what is disliked.

Answer 4

Americans are proud, confident, and sometimes cocky. Does that come off as a superiority complex. Sorry if it does. We do not feel we are superior to anyone. But our country was founded on the basis of equality for all. Especially to get away from the European Caste system and Royalty. In our minds the poorest person is not inferior to the richest. So we don't back off easy.
To Nert61 - China huge army, no navy. Can't get them anywhere unless they walk or drive. No logistical ability, no long distance support ability. Superpower in their region, they already are. World superpower not till they can move all that mass. And their technology is way behind right now.

Answer 5

No , the American,s are too preoccupied with giving their best to the rest of the world and patching up the holes and ravages caused by the vile , treacherous, thieving Bastards who don,t give a Bloody Damn for their own country,and people, exploit and rip the the guts out of their homeland and then spread as much evil propaganda about the Americans --the hand that feeds them "Long Live America" from an Englishman .

Answer 6

Yes, some of them do but they do not study history. We have peaked and what we hear is a false sense of bravado. I do think our rapid rise to top will be followed by our faster fall to the bottom. Other civilizations were in power for much longer periods of time. I don't think ours will last another hundred years. We were a grand experiment and the results will be failure because we have believed the propaganda they have fed us for the last fifty years. I don't blame the citizens as much as I blame our leaders. I hope that I am wrong because I truly love this country but unless we stop and take a hard look at ourselves we are doomed to be but another footnote in the annuals of history. We seem to be spending too much time fighting an internal religious war and not enough time trying to heal what ails us. False patriotism and worshiping another Sun god is not the solution to our problems.

Answer 7

Some do. They truly beleive that things are like they were in the 17th Century and all us Europeans are "poor oppressed peasants" longing to escape our rich oppressive overlords and go to their country.

YEAH RIGHT! I really want to live in a country with rampant gun crime, and where I have to PAY to see the doctor when I'm sick! Fcuk off!

Or a country which has George Dumbya Bush as a figurehead??? Nooo thanks.

Others are not so bad, they are usually the more educated ones.

drampor -

I'm sorry but I had to comment on your post because it made me laugh out loud!!! Firstly, there is no "caste" system in Europe (thats India), there was a CLASS system which is becoming less and less and time goes one. Been to Europe lately? Thought not. We have poor and rich just like you do.

You are a perfect example of the kind of Yank who thinks we are all still like we were in the 17th Century. I guess its your education system which brainwashed and poorly informed you so.

And you REALLY think the poor and the rich are equal in America? Serously? You Yanks are really harsh towards your poor! Much harsher than we are towards ours!! You see them go without basic necessities like healthcare (because its all freemarket economy and you have to pay for it) and call them scroungers and freeloaders if they claim welfare benefits to help them feed their families! You say its their own fault and they made "poor life choices" if they are poor!!!! What a pile of shite! You are so brainwashed!!!

Answer 8

Maybe. We are superior and very complex.
The real question is why do so many people ask such stupid questions about a nation of 280 million with as diverse a culture as you will find anywhere on the planet and yet they constantly group everyone together under whatever label they see fit at the time?

Answer 9

Yes they do.I agree,they have some things to be proud of.That's true,they have.But there are also other countries who have things to be proud,and they don't act like them.
Now,really,tell me how many americans learn a foreign language?
I guess 90%don't because they're like "our language is known everywhere,what sense does it make to learn another?"
And another thing...I saw something on TV once,that a reporter from where I am was walking on the streets of an american city and asked ppl if they know what "romania" is.....
then,a girl looked at him and with a dumb face said: "is it a sallad?"
so yes they have a superiority complex......

Answer 10

Usually when one criticises another for having a superiority is a signal of inferiority complex.
To say that a country, with almost 300 hundred million people has a SC is silly.

Answer 11

Does it not depend upon 'racial origin'? There are some Americans I suspect who are made to feel like scuzz by their own people...who happen to be of a different colo(u)r.
There are some Brits who have the same sort of mind-system, and so it can safely be said, be it here, or there - the complex is (as always) class-based. Nice to know they didn't forget to take that with them pre-1776.