Do you think that some Americans, don't realize that they live in the USA?

Question

You may think that's a stupid question, but I'm basically trying to ask if you think some Americans don't understand that America is the one of the most hated countries in the world? For me, getting up at 8AM and going to get my coffee at Starbucks, then onto the interstate in my Ford Focus to drive to my job is just the norm to me. But a person in another country may hate everything about that.

Some people in this country don't know anything about the rest of the world. Some people here seem to think that America is just "the way it is" everywhere else.

Answer 1

Well, the USA does seem to entertain a great deal of ignorance...but no more so than those folks in China, who up until about 20 years ago still fed into the belief that Americans still rode around in wagons and had no electricity.

Ignorance is universal.

Sad...but true.

Answer 2

What's worse than that is the belief of some Americans that the way things are in the USA is the way that they should be throughout the world.

I was once in a hotel in Seoul, when I heard this ignorant boistrous American screaming at the desk clerk about the way a particular tax was calculated. He was yelling "In America, that's illegal", thinking that American laws somehow applied about 10 time zones away.

I felt two emotions: I wanted to grab him and scream back "YOU'RE NOT IN AMERICA S**THEAD". The other part of me wanted to divest myself from any part of being American.

Another time, also in Seoul, I'm eating breakfast and at a couple of tables over, there was this group with language resembling the crap at an early morning barroom. Being the Hotel Intercontinental, I don't think the crowd really deserved that sort of language.

Seoul is one of the largest cities in the world, and people are so trustworthy that you can park your car behind another, leave it unlocked with the keys inside so the person you blocked can move yours to get out, trusting that they will move it back safely.

I saw this sign suspended from two weather baloons, simply tied to a railing. There was no concern that someone would untie them to float the sign away. The immaturity and irreverence and disdain for public property that exists in the USA is not universal. The land of plenty really seems like the land of lost moral sensibilities.

Answer 3

I have never met a person who think's America is the only country probably because I have done about 30 reports on different countries, I mean I could tell you ton's of fact's about the country Luithania, I have been to 15 different countries, and five of them were with my school and there is about 500 kids in my class, my whole highschool 1,800 student's and every single one of them have been to at least one foreign country not including Canada or Mexico, and I don't watch American Idol.

Answer 4

I'm with you. I think there are some Americans who don't know about some of the appalling living conditions that people in other countries must endure. They also don't realize how little workers who make a lot of their clothes, shoes, etc are paid a mere pittance while the company makes a load of money on the product. I doubt the people who make Nike shoes could ever afford to buy a pair.

Answer 5

What is that again.... going to Starbucks, drinking coffee, onto interstate, job, Ford Focus? Just send me two tickets, preferably the British Caribbean.

Answer 6

Yes, especially if you have never been outside of the US. But I beg to differ on the most hated. Being the best attracts allot of attention. Most just want the US dollar. Or suffer due to poverty and civil unrest. Since the turn of the century it is a fact that our popularity has plummeted. Hopefully we can find a solution to strengthen our bonds with the rest of the world.

Answer 7

Yes i agree, the word is called naive... in the US we have two neighbors Canada and Mexico, and both on good terms... as a result we assume an attitude (its not in my yard)... which was the US mind set during several conflicts and wars... whereas other countries have several neighbors and not on good terms... the problem with illegal aliens, terrorist, plagues etc is greatly increased as to the US. another fact is that the news largely is to blame for this continued attitude (ignorance of world events) really the "world news " has gotten shorter and shorter and the adds (the latest computer game craze) takes ever increasing time.
is it true that "ignorance is bliss" I say ignorance is slavery at best and control at the least.
"When you are rich, you are hated; when you are poor, you are despised" Proverb Ashanti

Answer 8

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Answer 9

I think a lot of Americans think the whole world should be like this and that people elsewhere feel it should be (they don't). I remember one first lady (I think it was Pat Nixon) who said (about Israel), "I just don't understand those Jews and Muslims. Why can't they just get along and be good Christians." Unfortunately, a lot of this is carrying on into our diplomatic policies.

Answer 10

i read the question four times and still do not get the point...are you saying that the monotony of everyday American civilization is taken for granted by Americans and hated by others countries...if so i can dig that...everyone hates us but who cares...not me...just leave me alone...half of my culture is not American any way and the rest should not be American since most of my ancestors did not ask to be here in the first place.