Why do people hate Americans?

Question

I'm American and I just don't understand, really, why people hate us so much. I just want to understand what we did.

Answer 1

Listen, I'm a New Yorker who started out as a Canadian. The answer's pretty simple. Americans are full of themselves. Everyone else on the planet is less rich / less fortunate / less free / less democratized / less developed / less well-fed / less well-traveled / less well-educated / less....AMERICAN. People get sick of it. 2 million people die in Cambodia, and everyone shakes their head and says, "That's terrible." A mere 2 thousand people die in Manhattan, and the whole world gets stood on its head. We go about crowing about democracy, but at the same time we go around the world assassinating democratically elected leaders. (Google "Iran 1952" and see what you get.) Wasn't it Union Carbide (an American multi-national corporation) that gassed 20,000 people one night in Bophal, India? Even Saddam Hussein didn't gas that many people. American lawyers fought like hell to keep that lawsuit out of American courts, because in Indian courts, the price of a life is paid in rupees. People hate us with good reason. We're arrogant, ignorant, pushy and puritanical. And that's the truth. The good part is this: most Americans, when they begin to understand, are remarkably caring and sensitive people, just like everyone else on the planet. I have found it helps, when I go to other countries, to say that I do not represent the American government, and that I have as little control over it as any other ordinary person. Once people understand that you're a peasant like everyone else, a real rapport can develop. Good Luck.

Answer 2

Hello I'm French and i don't hate Americans but i don't like the way they think

I feel that Americans think they are better than anyone in the world and don't care of opinion etc .. (Position of France about Iraqi War)

They pollute the air by using coal instead nuclear technologies which reduce the pollution


I don't have more examples now because it s 02 am in France and i am tired ^^

Answer 3

WE didn't do anything, per se.

Some nations are deeply religious. Some are do not think like we do.

Those who feel their God is right, then anyone who believes different is not of God, therefore the enemy.

Some people feel that capitalism and democratic governments do not work and are wrong.

Some hate out of ignorance. Some hate because they were raised to believe Americans are evil.

An article about the very same topic is below.

Answer 4

i THINK THE REAL REASON MOST OF THE WORLD DISLIKE AMERICANS IS VERY SIMPLE. IT'S CALLED JEALOUSLY. they WANT TO BE LIKE US SO MUCH IT A LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP. WE AS AMERICANS ARE CONSIDERED AS RICH SNOBBY PEOPLE THAT DO WHAT THEY WANT IN THE WORLD EVEN IF IT MEANS GOING TO WAR TO GET IT. ALTHOUGH WE ARE DISLIKED MOST PEOPLE WOULD BECOME AN AMERICAN IN A NEW YORK MINUTE IF NOT FOR FAMILY LIVING IN THERE OWN COUNTRY. AMERICA LAND OF THE FREE AND RICH.

Answer 5

I'm Canadian and have traveled a lot. Most Americans who travel don't do your country justice. I think it also has to do with your politics. Your country seems to have a bit of an ignorant attitude when it comes to other countries.

Answer 6

what you mean who hates us ? are you talkin about the small countries that every soldiers are riskin their lifes to fight against the iraq people ? well not so many people does hate the americans people there isnt no such way maybe some crazy and stupid people who does live in another countries and even arent americans might be mad at us cause we dedicate to fight their people for something they did to our families or even killed so many people for something they wanted and cant even get theirself . .

Answer 7

No! why they should hate Americans? for what? I guess some of the Americans were rude or something.

Answer 8

Because our president lacks any sense of international relations skills, and he also refuses to accept accountability for his actions and mistakes.

People will forgive others for their mistakes. But only if they ask. Our leaders refuse.

Answer 9

u ppl are racist and look down on every other race thnking your the most superior kind in the world. easy as that.

Answer 10

I don't think they hate us, I just think that they think differently then we do and then they think we're wrong and their right. Everyone thinks that way, even us.