[quote]Contrl wrote:
ZedLeppelin wrote:
America used to be a fantastic country. The reason why you get so much criticism is because you have decayed so much so quickly, but are too arrogant to admit it.
I’m sure I’d have no issue with most US citizens, but the country you are responsible for is a joke.
If you want something to be proud of:
Don’t attack other countries, killing your own men and civilians, over oil;
Fix your education system;
Fix your industries (all your major ones are failing)
Export something to the world which isn’t trash;
Don’t be fat;
Don’t be arrogant if you are ignorant;
Don’t get into a debt so massive you’ll never repay it.
I’m sure this is going to upset a lot of people, and I realize these points won’t apply to most of the people that read this.
Its pretty hard to deny your country is screwed up.
A rebuttal:
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Every country attacks another country, this is called war. I assure you, we’re not the only ones in history who have done so. Whatever motive is irrelevant, war is never justifiable.
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I grant you that one, my friend. Our educational system is piss-poor at best.
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I also agree.
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We export money. More money to more countries than every other country combined. Can your country boast that? No, because we also probably give yours lump sums of cash in some diplomatic method or another.
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I agree again, the lot of us here in the U.S. are
slovenly bastards.
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That is a human attribute, it would be foolish to say that arrogance within ignorance is predominantly an American characteristic.
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This goes back to No. 4; aid and exporting of jobs. I suppose we could pay off most of the national debt if we made job exportation/economic globalization illegal, stopped providing financial aid, and collected the debt (as well as stopped forgiving it) of all the countries that owe us.
But where would that leave the world? Desolate poverty, is where.
The world hates us because they deplore the fact that America is the lifeline of the world. Not one country discourages their youth to learn English. We export culture across every inch of the globe, even countries who detest us wear our trademark clothing and listen to our music.
And last, but by far not least, people hate America because we have enough military power to evaporate every centimeter of their countries 10 times over, and there’s little that could be done about it.
Do you speak German? If not,t hank an American.
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All very true.
Personally, I don’t care what the average people in other countries think of the USA. Whenever I’m abroad or anywhere, I try to treat people with decency and show respect, except for the French, hahahaha.