Why Do Europeans Dislike Americans So Much? | Hasanabi Reacts to Nathaniel Drew
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- Hasan reacts to an American living in Europe asking Europeans how they feel about Americans and what kinds of stereotypes they hear!
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Hey everyone, I hope you enjoy the video. Please do not denigrate each other in the comments, we love everyone here. And for the Americans, denigrate means "to insult"
HUH!? you calling me DUMB or sumthin?
Speak American goddamn it
Touché mon frère! 😂
0:01 and 1:53 did Hasan just say that the American worker is lazy and entitled sitting at home eating "avocado toast".. and sorry... jalapeno poppers and Oreos??? Sound a bit like the opposite side of the "fox news" coin.... Also American culture is great, but the people that created it are completely divorced from it?? what??Jazz and the people who live it aren't great??? Rock and roll, apple pie, rodeos, monster trucks, rap music, r&B, the list can go on and on.. real Americans created these things and thousands more improved it... thousands for each category... culture is not divorced from its people Hasan... 29:18, hahaha i love this part!!! pointing out how a 3rd of Americans are immigrants who were discriminated against for being NOT American enough, to being discriminated for being too american...
yeah we are familiar with vocabulary
Brits who think that they're not europeans because they left the EU is the closest thing you get to an American in Europe.
FACTS 😂 I cringed so hard when I heard that. Glad to see my fellow Brits have such a solid grasp of geography
Like father like son lol
The Americans voted in Trump, the UK had Brexit and voted in Boris. They are literally kindred spirits.
ja voll eh, di huere britte haha
Yeah, and they broke af now lol
describing america as the crazy guy with a gun is SO FUNNY and scarily accurate
I felt this one too! Haha
spot on
didnt he say "with the biggest gun"?
everybody got guns, America just has the biggest and tells everybody they'll get blasted real quick if they use theirs
They all are. Lets stop the bull.
Also, I think that Hasan has lived too long in America and doesn't fully get how the news cycle work in Europe (or maybe Turkey was different).
Europeans do not only know about American politics because it is the Empire, but because our International section in the news is much, much larger than in the US, and also more general.
I have been in the US for a year and I haven't heard much about anything around the world, except for when I look for it myself.
Back in Spain, we had news about how the President of Italy had resigned because the M5S party disallowed him and it was the 4th president in X months, and how in the French local elections Macron party hold numbers, but this and that, and how in Germany bla bla bla.
And then China, LatAm (because Spain has strong relationship there), Morocco.
Did we learn a lot about SouthEast Asia or Africa in general? Way less than for other countries, but there are some news here and there.
The important part is the switch from "news ONLY from my country" and "news mostly from my country". Even if it is about your neighbour, it forces you to think about a bigger scale, and that is why Americans are always surprise when I know so much about America or American history, but also about other news around the world.
It is not that I am smarter, is that I have grown up with a different mindset.
That’s definitely a fair analysis, American news media doesn’t focus on other countries enough & when we do it can b orientalized, I think a lot of young Americans r intentionally looking for real news on foreign countries but old people r so unbelievably lost here
What I find annoying about foreigners, is that are annoying unaware about what segment of American society is most willing to listen to them, remember in America you have diaspora who is more likely to want to listen to you then say the general overly online public.
@@seandarbe2521 Unfortunately that diaspora doesn’t live in a vacuum and is still quite vulnerable to the brain rot of American culture. Also, “foreigners” sounds really silly, because American is not the default.
They're isn't brain rot in America, we do have a lot of propeganda that shapes are view of the world, but everyone has a lot of situational bias that makes them not that clever. Like how Britain and France think they're empires where more benevolent and brought civilization to the barbarians they conquered. Former subjects of those "shining parasitic imperial regimes" most certainly don't agree with that view of history spoon fed to the French and British subjects, a lot of history you learn in school and reinforced in popular culture and by opportunistic politicians is romantic naive bullshit. You could argue Americans have media literacy that is too surface level, but I have talked to tourists who come to my tourist destination metropolis, who are spoiled affluent snobs born with silver spoons in they're mouths, who are just as full of themselves as the Yuppies my parents mocked when I was kid.
Our news media is entertainment business and more and more people are tuning out. Not that social media is any better.
From the start of the Trump presidency until the end of the worst of Covid, the US was basically the whole world's reality TV.
Everyone watching in utter shock/horror/disbelief the complete trainwreck happening on a daily basis, unable to look away out of sheer morbid curiosity... wondering how much longer before the Empire collapsed on itself.
Hasan's ''America is the crazy dude in the room waving a gun around'' is 100% how the entire Trump presidency felt for the rest of the world...
All of our political leaders walking on eggshells while rolling their eyes, having to find shiny objects to dangle before the elderly toddler whose tantrums could screw over the economy of both country's on a whim.
Oh that started in the 90's, honestly. Europeans looking on in horror at the United States is nothing new.
True and as an European I must tell you that the guy with a gun in the room is not just Trump presidency. It's every presidency years back
Still the best country in the world.
@@ranjanshrestha1645 The best in garbage healthcare, education, garbage public transportation, and daily shootings. Just to mention a few of what americans are best at 💪
@@ranjanshrestha1645 what kind of dumbfuck country does nothing to stop mass shootings......oh wait
One thing that's really been unsettling is looking at American with its dogshit way of life, and then looking at my politicians and realising they're trying to push our country towards that
Lol Where are you from?
Yeah... it's the same phenomenon. We have conservatives dismantling social institutions and liberals not improving them or just dismantling them too. I can't remember the last time a law was passed that improved anything, usually it sounds like that but is actually doing nothing. Our politicians are not just cucks to the same corporations but cucks to american politicians and it sucks. I look to america and think that's our life in 10-20 years or so
Me too! (Australian here)
@@jordanpoole3425 lol trying to tell people their country is worse?
A heads up, you're wrong.
@@pragmaticpundit7703 Nah buddy just stating the obvious. It’s kinda funny how you other country’s especially Europeans countries claim to be high and mighty when we know the Real and true history😬 and it’s also embarrassing that The American government you people talk stuff about literally owns your country lol your like a pawn that we own so you should be grateful for what you have😂.
Grew up in Europe as an American but never truly lived in America until I was 18. Since moving back, I just see more each day how these criticisms are not only dead on but maybe Europeans are underselling our idiocy.
Come back brother
hey do u got any tips? Im also an american who lived the majority in europe. I get bullied quite often for being an american and it really sucks. im only 16 y/o rn but still… i’d wish to live for a year in america (arizona ,phoenix) and visitit my family and just experience how it is to live in america.
@@truffeltroll6668 😂
@@k3six so for me the bullying started in college but if I’ve learned anything, the first thing is check how you react to others. I’ve found that when you stick out( for me it was moving to the states for university), don’t get defensive. Nothing eggs on others like a person who reacts to bullying and scorn. Pointing out others ignorance or hate doesn’t work. I’ve tried it in college when confronting racism and abuse and it just made my life worse. If you are experiencing this in Europe, find friends and actively try to get into their activities. My German and Turkish friends started as guys I played football(soccer) with. I was never into things like pool playing or cars but some of those friends were. I purposely spent time doing that and got invited to do more. When I would be made fun of, my friends would stick up for me. Had a buddy Selchuk who would shut that shit down if other were trying to play that. Do your best with the language(if that’s an issue). Most people appreciate others trying to speak a foreign language even if it’s done poorly. I’d also say when you are being ridiculed or made fun of, ask why they get so animated. They must have strong feelings they are feeling insecure about. Regardless of nationality, being immature versus mature has no boundaries. At your age, people will pretend to care about nothing when in fact they care more than anything. Lastly, own things that make you different. We have too many people who want everyone to fit into a label or box. Take pride in having a different experience. Sorry for the long response. Best of luck to ya😎
@@k3sixeverywhere you go will be idiots, ots better to ignore them and try to make friends that don't judge you; be strong bro
Leave it to the English to think they are not in Europe because they left the EU. That is probably the reason people dislike the US, their main export is brainrot, the British absorbs it instantly and it leaks over the rest of the continent.
As a brit, I concur. It's a funny pattern, really. we Europeans always laugh at the US, but give it a few months and whatever we were laughing at starts happening here. The cultural influence is the export, and sadly, a lot of it is brainrot and tends to start in the UK.
Don’t forget, the brain rot originally was a British colony lmao
Baveria (Germany) is starting to go on the culture war shit that is happing in Florida :')
I agree with the sentiment but also can't take talk of brainrot seriously from anyone who uses the words English and British synonymously.
@@Support-your-local-team No I didn't, they are clearly English in the video, didn't sound Scottish to me at least. The English being daft doesn't prevent all Brits importing brain rot.
There is something we keep saying here 'I'd visit America but I could never live there' and it's because the work culture is terrible. Europe is much better at giving a good work-life balance (of course varies between countries but still better in most).
That’s going away, Europe is coasting on leftover housing boom wealth and tourism.
You get more for your money in America
@@tinamckay-iv3tf used to be the case but not anymore, the US is more expensive than Europe on most things.
@@tysonreuter5788 So you're telling me it's more expensive in a mid west city in America than London , Paris, Rome, Munich ? I think it depends on where you live in each respective country. Petrol is not more expensive in America, and we have lower taxes. I guess it depends on the good/services in question.
@@tinamckay-iv3tf the lower taxes thing is largely outdated too, once you add all the US taxes up it’s worse if you’re just middle lower class. I’m saying even cities like Manchester you can find cheaper products and meals than you can in the American Midwest.
I think a lot of the world, but particularly in my country, finds the duality of US culture frustrating. You've got some amazing humanitarians and great thinkers, and then there are people trying to teach Noah's Ark in schools like it was real. It's this constant war between medieval cultural attitudes and an actual civilised society. So every four years, we all hold our breath to find out if America is going to be run by the people you can actually talk to or the fucking psychos. It's exhausting.
I don’t know. It seems most of the world outside of Europe, Australia, etc… is like this. India, Turkey, etc… the difference is they are poorer and realize they aren’t the center of the universe. The flavor of religious nationalism is different though. US religious nationalism is kind of cartoonish in comparison.
Bro imagine LIVING here lmao
I mean you're describing every "good americans" inner conflict/worst gripe. It's why good americans leave. And that goes for every country. France sucks. The only nice French people you meet hate the French more than I do. But there's more extreme cases like people who leave third world countries to find a better life but do not improve the country at all. That's why they say "you should wipe your ass before you leave the house" something like that.
@@whydidytaddthis my condolences
The dark humour part to it all as their neighbour is they have it rigged in such a way that it’s note worthy when social democrats make it into representation of the population, let alone a democratic socialist making it on to the ballot with the Democrat party suing them for having to live the renter life of constantly changing addresses just to survive.
The brits and the French hate each other, but not as much as they hate Americans
As a french absolutely, it's just banter based on medieval shit nobody cares about however everyone can feel the American brainrot growing
Idk French is right behind america with that retirement age increasing and the Brits with their electricity bills skyrocketing not much difference.
@@deadboltzz5199 what does it have to do with the video ????
@@deadboltzz5199 Your comment makes no sense lol.
How do electricity bills reflect the culture of the society?
Ironic we got shit on because we dared talk back to uncle Sam but now people are seeing that the French might have been on to something.
As an european i always find it funny when americans realize that wait everyone else outside of america think they are a joke. I've seen way too many stupid americans claming they are the greatest country bc they have freedom of speech etc. Like they really think they are unique.
Americans on average also see these guys as jokes
"As an european" Peak Euro intelligence on full display everybody
@@wendoversss Ahh yes- a minor typo. The mark of a true idiot, especially when it's made in a language that is likely to not be their first ...
@@wendoversssimagine shitting on someone for making a mistake in their SECOND language, when you barely speak one
Geez. You're incredibly rude.
As a Canadian, when I speak to an American I’m never surprised when they don’t know something about anything outside their country but the surprising thing is the attitude about it. They act like it’s normal to know nothing that’s not American when everyone I know around the world would have a basic understanding of other countries.
I've seen a lot of USAmericans use the excuse that their education system sucks but honestly half the stuff I know about other countries wasn't taught to me in school, so it's got to be something else on top of that
cope you know damn well here in canada people are just as dumb about the world as americans
Ok go give a death injection to one of you're veterans leaf boy.
Yeah, sorry that we don't care enough to learn anything about some boring ass country such as Canada. The most interesting thing about Canada is literally Justin Beiber.
don't act like Canada isn't the usa from wish
Americans that travel tend to be relatively "normal." It's the ones that never leave their home state yet think "Merica is the Greatest" that are the ones bringing the country down. It's the mix of ignorance combined with ideas of American exceptionalism that tend to annoy the rest of the world.
yeah I always feel like they live in a bubble
Yeah but travel if often a prviledge of enough Money and or time, that is not a luxury afforded to lagre swats of Americans
I work in a hotel, and I would beg to differ. Depends on how you travel. If you travel for food and wine or consuming the culture....
Funny because the “Merica” crowd you speak of gets tons of crap for being anti American anti government.
My American friends that have travelled internationally are pretty self-centered, like they love to complain about the weird differences in Europe/AUS instead of just experience it as something new.
I’m sorry but most Americans never have the chance to travel outside of there state let alone the country. Most Americans are too busy working because everyone is so close to poverty within one medical bill or missed pay check, so no there isn’t even any thought to learn another language you’ll likely never use.
as of right now, most americans will die as children, either from starvation or getting shot
@@saturationstation1446 is that sarcasm? I am bad at reading sarcasm.
Well yes, but our education is to blame. Our education system is failing people.
@@ashleywhispers4331 it is not only our education but the government themselves
Unless they have to travel to work.
I dislike America and Americans as a concept because I grew up in the aftermath of the Iraq war, when Americans defended it with a zealous rage, and called you a terrorist for saying that it was an unjust war and that Bush was a war criminal.
They came to Europe to tell us that without them we would speak German (surprisingly some of us still do), and how we should be thankful instead of ditching them like the French did.
I never have a problems with individuals who happen to be American, even those who actually like America. I have a problem with Americans, the group, the people who go around the world with a sense of superiority and entitlement, who think that their lives are worth more than anyone else's.
I hate that American attitude, which is saddly very prevalent. But I do not have problems with people per se, nor I try to make them feel bad when I discover that they are American. However, do expect me to not let you slide American imperialism in our conversations just because that is normal back in the states and do not get offended by that (which has also happen to me, that someone got mad because I did not went along with some "common sense" that is really an American thing).
Who went to Europe to tell you that you'd be speaking German? There have been tensions with America and France going back to the very first year of the independence of the USA when France waged a naval war on them trying to decimate the economy , and then when degaul bailed on NATO and left and then France asked to come back. They seemed unreliable.
I agree about the imperialism stuff but as an American I feel the same when I hear French people come to the states talking about how uncivilized we r while they continue to pillage & control Western Africa & treat Algerians with the same disdain we treat our black populations with. Why aren’t Bulgaria & Romania in Schengen yet? O ya it’s because Europe is hella racist too, they have too many Roma & r too close to Muslims for white Europeans to stomach. the only reason Europe isn’t just as imperialist as America is because most Euro countries aren’t powerful enough for it anymore since they started a WW ending their colonial control over most of the world, UK left the EU because they hate Muslims & fascism is rising across the continent, Europe is following in our path while looking at us with disgust. We aren’t very different & it’s frustrating when Europeans feel superior too.
American exceptionalism is an ugly thing, it's something that's forced down all Americans from birth
You kind of have to understand that the amount of propaganda was RIDICULOUS back then. And even then there was almost half the country that did not want the war and was constantly questioning the narrative. And now it's more like 80 percent of people who think that we never should of been there. George Bush literally said that God told him to invade Iraq. We don't get to decide what is done with American imperialism and unless you are rich, you do not see the vast majority of the fruits of our imperialism(besides our gas prices being lower) I grew up in a trailer park brother there was no god and our classes had 40 kids in them per teacher. Didn't learn shit. Never had a chance. I get not liking America but it isn't our fault lol. George Bush wasn't even voted into power by the popular vote. He stole the election.
you think americans didnt come from europe? all our worst traits are distinctly from eurocentric culture. if you cant accept responsibility just say it
The Dutch speak good English bc we get taught that tourists will come to our country and address us in anything but Dutch
There's also the fact that the English and Dutch languages share a common ancestor, that diverged only comparitively recently. They're so close in fact, that communication using Old English is actually possibly, albeit on a pretty basic level.
I know "hallo"
I once told a joke that was basically if America wasn't America, America would justify invading it to bring "peace". Two very divided political parties, seeming everyday mass shootings, and protests, rise of a political figure that wants to become more isolated, and impose their will on their neighbors. Most important of all though we have oil.
There is a long-running joke in South America that says the only reason the US hasn't orchestrated a coup in the US is because there is no American embassy in Washington.
@@nickmolinary2044 lmao that's pretty good
I know about 4 people who went to different parts of the US for exchange when they were 16, and one thing was consistent...
American schooling was way behind, especially in geography and world politics.
Where one guy was thrown out of class for saying Norway isn't a communist country, it's a social democracy...
Can't let us know other places have it better or that we could improve
Not as bad as when the American exchange student asks his German hosts if we still have the Hitler dynasty as king.
@@MaxMustermann-hy9in well? Do you?
@@xavierriv41 Nope. As far as I know the Hitler family actually moved to the US. Besides we don't have a royal family, though there recently were some 20 anti-vax half-senile gun owners that tried to topple the government and declare "Heinrich XIII" to be our new Emperor.
...they failed.
i heard they're way behind in mathematics too. what we learned in high school was the curriculum in college in the usa.
It's actually pretty smart of the American government, keep your citizens stupid so that you can easily manipulate them, put all of them in a giant bubble and use their ignorance and stupidity to advocate for your own geopolitical agenda. Think of it like the saying; 'You only see what we want you to see, not what you're supposed to see' you gotta keep all your citizens self centered and chase the so called "American dream" give them this delusional version of wealth and the cycle keeps going on. The US is pretty much the central superpower, it doesn't matter how much you hate America cause you'll find yourself wanting to go there especially for people living in the 3rd world.
What surprised me the most was watching these youtube videos and regular citizens get so shocked and surprised when someone gives them $100, the distribution of income is sometimes even crazier then 3rd world countries with insane resources.
i think many Americans see the problems but to get into higher government , you need to have years of experience as a leader to even apply . Transition from a job into government leadership could take half a lifetime to get into the running and you still have to win your election. You then have to work with hundreds or thousands to make suitable plans and execute those plans very near or under budget. It's a simple outline with complicated inner workings.
Thats how every country & its leaders think. They want obedient sheeps in europe as well
@@monolyza_ That's where you are partially wrong, European leaders and American leaders think exactly the same as they are part of the same organization, they are leaders of the western empire as majority of world events are reflected around the western world, European leaders are in on it too, don't give them the benefit of the doubt. The difference is that European leaders don't project this agenda onto their societies as much as America, it's more like you gotta take advantage of certain things, America does all the work in the western world and you can just sit back and relax, ya gotta be smart
@@woozyz2769 I’m from a third world country and would rather stay here than live in America
@@woozyz2769 a lot of us think American is too expensive for its low quality of life. We would rather pay more in Europe but have better quality
My main issue with anti American sentiment from Europeans is that its almost always just based in classism or racism. They make sweeping judgements about Americans for systemic issues like obesity. Americans didn't want to be unhealthy, we are just victims of capitalism.
And as Hasan and the dude said, there are reasons to not like the US, millions of reasons, but a lot of Europeans only hate American people. They usually hate republicans and assume most of the country thinks like that. A lot of them know just enough about our politics to have a well informed opinion but not enough to critically assess it.
This!! I've always thought that those criticisms, though true, always came off as really classist. Europeans criticize Americans for not traveling overseas when it costs thousands upon thousands for a family of 4 to go to Europe, just for flights. I've been to Europe a couple of times and have always been aware that it was a massive privilege for me. A lot of people don't have that kind of money saved up just to pop over to another country for the sake of cultural enlightenment. Not when most of the country is in survival mode thanks to the government's inability to provide for its citizens.
That and the quality of education that a lot of people receive highly depends on the wealth of the area. That whole "stupid American" stereotype mainly revolves around people who didn't have the fortune of growing up in an affluent area (which unfortunately is most of the US), and people who may very well be intelligent in their own right but got screwed over by subpar education. They're all caused by systemic issues that just continue the cycle and aren't being addressed by people in power.
@@chloe.hunter no Europeans and the rest of the world do it on purpose and know full well what they are doing they just mask it behind the extreme and accepted xenophobia that people in the us never call out, if you watch many of these "Criticism" videos and or comments on things America related like 70% use it to be extremely racist and they target deep wounds that shouldn't be socially acceptable but hide behind the "murica bad tho so that means im valid" the worst is when you see europeans trash on black americans and you know damn well what they really want to say but just go with "MURICANS"
Generalization is the fools playground.
Yeah, I'm european and I kind of agree. There's an undeserved smugness to a lot of it too, given how popular the far right has been getting in europe and how, ironically, fucking lib the opposition to it is.
Like, I don't hate america, I hate chuds, you all just happen to be ground zero for it in "the west", mostly because of the people in power. But you know what, you're also that for a lot of socially progressive stuff and I think that's pretty cool. Eurolibs may disagree, but who cares?
It’s always “my government makes me more privileged than yours does. That makes me better than you.”
Every person on the planet has an accent.
Yeah, but ours is just really irritating and makes us sound like idiots. It makes even smart people sound stupid. It's like if you see physicists on the Science Channel but they have American accents and you think "I know this guy is smart but a part of me is just a little bit skeptical."
@@MrHorse-by3mp I was referring to Hasan saying he doesn't have an accent. That is a rather ignorant comment from him. Worthy of self critique Hasan.
Yeah only Americans say they don’t 😂 which proves the point to them subconsciously assuming they are the centre of the world
As someone who is half Japanese and sadly grew up in the U.S. (with a heavy Japanese inspired upbringing) I’ve always hated America. I grew up as a socialist, dealt with major racist neo-nazi psychos, actual skin heads, crazy religious people of all monotheistic believe structures etc. Always thought Americans have been stupid and puritanical beyond belief since I was young.
Studied politics and history from a very young age, and constantly trying to explain to everyone that America is going to collapse if they kept doing what they were doing. Major capitalism, rigid believe in hyper individualism, following Rome as a their ingrained system etc. (good job on believing the Roman’s were a good system to follow.) but no one listened until literally COVID. (But even now, barely.) I’ve never understood how so many people allowed themselves to follow the country blindly, and never criticize it/see the failures of it for a long time.
Also never felt and still not feel like I belong in America. However leaving America is literally impossible of you do not have money. Still got to pay American taxes, have to spend 6,000$ to get rid of your citizenship. Need to go into crippling debt just to get an education. The U.S wants to keep all of it’s serfs stupid, and poor. Because a majority would leave as soon as possible. Because the U.S needs their slaves.
damn, pretty critical are you..
kinda weird of you to throw out takes that teeter around thinking multiculturalism doesn't work, watch yourself
@@VegaTakeOver No idea how you got that idea, but okay?
Definitely keep trying to get out man. I'm hopeful to be out of the US a year from now. America is just way to dangerous to start a family for me. Being a black bisexual man.
@@Yami_OniDon't act like Japan is less racist 😂
*AS A EUROPEAN* we mostly dislike AMERICA not the individual American - we like or dislike those on a case-by-case basis.
But you guys have bombed 75 countries since WW2, we have a massive migrant crisis YOU caused by destabilising the Middle East, etc etc, but we don't blame Fred from Minnesota for this.
Exactly that
Europe literally help lol
Europe carved a bloody path through the entire world, you people have hardly any room to talk. The amount of blood on France, Germany, Britain, Netherlands etc on their hands through history is a 100x more than Americans on the world scale. Britain alone genocide far more people then America for greed and power, I don’t like America that much and I am American but don’t fucking kid yourself, the main reason Europe is remotely as powerful as they are now is because how god damn cruel and sick they were to the global south.
We might have not bombed the countries in South America, but we destroyed them non the less, to have so many immigrants at our border, and I'm sure the EU is putting them in camps...
It's actually Fred from Minnesota's fault.
Ngl, this man has more empathy towards us in the Imperial periphery than I'd ever expect from an American or even European. He's a good person. I hope he finds a good place he can call home in the future.
In part, the problem of mass shooting in the US is both exaggerated outside and also minimized both outside and inside.
When I told my family that I was going to the US to work for a couple of years, they had a very serious conversation with me about how I need to be very careful of guns, do not be the hero just run, etc. They were unironically terrified of me going to the US for that reason.
I have been here one year and I haven't had any problems with guns. And yet, the first day, the VERY FIRST DAY in the country, there was a massive shooting (4 people dead or something like that, so many more wounded) in the university campus 10 minutes away from my hotel.
That was such an experience, because one thing is to see all those shootings from the other side of the pond, but when they happen 10 minutes away from you, they feel so much different.
And it makes me even more confused as to why people are not trying harder to stop them.
exaggerated???? no no it isn't
So... You had a problem in the first day.
It's absolutely not exaggerated
How is it exaggerated when basically there are more mass shootings than actual days in the US?
You personally haven't been shot yet but the fact that it happened 10 minutes away from you should be a very clear sign that it could have been you lol
For me it was when the UK was dragged into the war on terror because Blair loved Bush so much. It feels like our closeness to US news circuits started there and has only gotten worse. I identify much more with my European neighbors than Americans claiming we are brothers because we are the same skin colour (this has been a convo I've had multiple times in the past)
Not to forget Brexit too. It felt as if those who voted for it adopted similar individualistic, xenophobic, exceptionalist attitudes. The arrogance of thinking that our role in Europe could exist outside the EU, the overestimation of our economy and political sway with EU countries.
You also ruined the EU a bit by leaving. The UK was always an interesting pole as compared to France and Germany as it would push for more autonomy within the Union most of the time. Now the countries that do so are Poland etc. and they don´t have the same motives doing so. I just want the UK back in the EU even as a mainlander.
when he was talking about the lap dogs in politics he was defo talking about England, it is the most notorious example. At least Brits really feel that way.
@@samaraisnt Most british people don't want anything to do with the US (sorry but we're already dealing with enough, we don't need more problems) but they have the conservative government in their back pocket
Sounds more a like skill issue.
so im a brit , 25 years of age, growing up in th 2000s, i saw america as this really cool place, the skate scene, MTV, punk rock, motorcycles , the cartoons, disney, when i was 11 on the xbox360 i met americans, and i still thought it was so cool, the american schools, the way they spoke etc etc etc, then i grew up, 16 ish i got curious about politics and the world, and that perfect view of america was smashed, and i realised that i just saw what was shown to me, "wow america is so good and fun and cool" became "wow america really fuckin sucks, im glad im here" but as a brit, i can also see that here, the history of england is fuckin dog shit, our politics are dog shit, and americans on xbox thought i was cool bc of the culture they knew , tv and music and London and the queen , etc.
bro the punk and skate scene of the 2000s in america was literally all about how shitty our country is. like all american punk songs are either America fucking sucks so lets burn it down. or america fuckings sucks so Im doing drugs now
"the history of england is fuckin dog shit" Idk why people keep saying this like our history is any different from anyone else's.
@@Lotan_ Huh💀
Every country has a variation of different issues that makes it shit in different ways. I’ve met more british people here in the states telling me it’s a shithole there and by the migration patterns between the two countries im inclined to believe them
Wow as an American thanks I still think we should have let Germany make your country a wasteland but still thanks.
Imagine thinking the Dutch don't have accents, or that Hasan himself doesn't have an accent 😂😂😂
😂 his American Accent
I love that he said with the context of this video too, it’s one of the things ONLY Americans say 😂
I'm a german sw engineer working with americans on a daily basis. In general I like americans. Actually I'm friends with quite a few americans. Their culture is abit weird to me (ofc so is my culture to them) but they are always friendly and open. Here my reasons why I as a german dislike america (a lot of it has to do with politics):
- American politics is just about which side you are on. Its not about actual topics
- Protection of environment still not a big topic/very superficial
- Big role of religion in politics
- Justice system based on revenge instead of rehabilitation. Its not about making society a safer and better place. Its all about revenge.
- Absolutelty disgusting pro life movement. In germany this is as big no no for most of us
- Gun culture
-American media. Esp. fox news. Crazy how something so sh**y can be so big
"The whole world has opinions about us"
That's a MASSIVE understatement !
Lol didn't expect an Algerian comment here :D
They want what we have.
@@marknewton6984 No. I'm okay with my walkable beautiful european city and free healthcare and education.
To each his own.
As an American, all of these Europeans are correct. More Americans need to be exposed to international ideas and cultures.
umm you already are and what america is now is what happens when there is a melting pot of cultures, stop being a pick me and have the same attitude to other counties
So do Europeans.
A lot of them know nothing about other continents.
First thing Yankees must do is come up with a name for their country. America is a continent, not a country.
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True, I call the country "the US" and the people from there "US Americans."
@@racudo1898 cope, and ironically its the rest of the world that gave the us that name and now every other irrelevant country in the americas is crying because they dont get that attention
In Milano, Italy, America was considered very cool in the yuppie 80s, literally from 1980 to 1989. There was a subculture in Milano known as "Paninari" which translates as st like "sandwichers", because they used to meet up at the Italian version of McDonald's, “Burgy”. They used to love pinballs, jukeboxes, 80s pop music, wear baseball hats, cowboy belts, cowboy boots, bomber jackets etc.
It was an inherently yuppie and casually right wing subculture btw.
Tu vuo' fa' l'americano.
And now Americans are celebrating gen they find out they are 1% Italian
I think that was quite universal. Everyone idealized America back then.
Here's my two cents as a European (Irish): There are layers to this anti-American thing. Firstly, Americans themselves present America in a bad light, most things you see and hear online are sensationalised clickbait, so Europeans have a skewed view of America. Then there's the fact that there is actually a grain of truth to that view, in that Americans tend to know less about other countries than people in Europe do. There are several reasons for this, but mainly it's down to America being huge, far away from most other countries and rich enough to not have to care about other places. Also, my impression is that in America, the main kind of knowledge that is valued by smart people is technical knowledge, knowing cultural, historical or political stuff about the outside world is not important because it's not usually a bottom-line skill needed to make money, which is the main cultural difference between Americans and Europeans - the extent to which they are capitalist, often of the cut-throat type from our perspective. To be honest though, I'm getting annoyed and embarrassed by the reflexively anti-American snobby attitude that seems fashionable in Europe, feels bandwagonny and manufactured. I have less of an issue with people having well thought out criticisms, or better yet personal experience of living there, but there's a lot of baseless bigotry going around.
One thing thiiyht, Americans are not uninformed about other cultures at all. America is the no1 immigrant destination with people from all corners of the world, abd Americans are very well aware of these other cultures in my experience. I lived in Ireland too (specifically Tipperary) and there aren’t many immigrants there so me being Indian I was always bombarded with the silliest questions. “What caste are you” “why do Indians smell” “I love curry do you eat it everyday” “do Indians drink cow wee” “are Indians born with a black dot in their head” all sorts of wild questions. Although some of it was straight up mockery, I didn’t mind most of them as they weren’t asked with ill intention, just curiosity about my culture.
@Ikey04-ge9gy It depends on where you go, both in Ireland and the US - Dublin is much more multicultural than Tipperary, and New York is much more than some random place in Alabama. I don't think you'd get the same shockingly ignorant answers from a vox pop done in Dublin than what you see from metropolitan (and thus multicultural) places in the US though. Lots of people go to the US, but people from there don't leave as much as people here do, and global politics aren't as important to them because their country can handle itself better than ours can - we need to know what's going because it will surely affects us more than it will them. There's also the fact that the comparison is unfair to americans in a way; physically and culturally, America is huge, there's more to know. European's should compare their knowledge and experience of the entire of Europe to an American's knowledge of America as a better metric rather than to individual countries, which are more equivalent to single states in the US. Europeans like to throw the word "country" around as if they were all equally large and complex, which they absolutely aren't.
"Americans tend to know less about other countries than Europeans do" Tell me everything you know about Botswana right now. It is so funny that Europeans brag about "knowing more about other countries" when you only know about other European countries that are right next to your own. Swedish and Norwegian culture are almost identical, but a Swede can claim to "know more about other countries than an american" because Norway is technically a different country. It would be like if New Yorkers bragged about knowing about New Jersey culture.
For me the aspiration to live in the US has started to fade away when I realized how much of a presence and influence the US has in Germany.
Growing up with lots of American tv shows (the German ones are often dogwater) and conditioning me into thinking "Wow, it's much better there than in Germany! I wanna move there as soon as I'm an adult!".
I live about an hour away from Ramstein and when I first visited Kaiserslautern I noticed the many dark aircrafts flying over during the day. Then signs on fences how this is US territory and wondering "What are they doing here?"
Learning as a teen about American war crimes and interventions, their lack of social security, work and gun culture and that they have no high speed rail... How much can you make "the land of the free" less unappealing...
How can we make the land of the free less appealing? Don't worry, we're working very hard to do so over here!
Really gonna talk about war crimes German boy?
@@Ry_TSG While exporting the brainrot into rest of the world of course
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Germany: 70+ years ago
USA: at it.
Weak come back.
@@Mondlunar No deep shit my country never attempted a mass genocide I know you're privileged to have it your head that the USA is super evil compared to Roman or China.
No we are pretty chill go to a brothel with nine year old's bottom feeder.
hello from The Netherlands! its funny how Americans portray Americans. we used to look up to you guys.. America is like watching that cool older brother when you are small, and when you grow up you realize he's actually a loser. still love to all of my American homies.
There was really never a good reason to look up to America. I wonder what time period in the U.S Europeans look up to as the "better" America? I'm genuinely wondering because it's always been a shit show
The entire world pays the most attention to American culture. If the Netherlands had suddenly had a bunch of rural dutch conservatives wearing their wooden clogs clack-clacka-clacking by the thousands as they attempted to overthrow the Netherlands Congress on J6, I'm fairly certain nobody would've thought it was shocking, most wouldn't even pay attention, because you know, y'all are the NETHERLANDS. The Netherlands are basically just Europe's source of guilt and shame.
Thanks, nice to know all of Europe hates us “American homies” y’all got rising house prices, government is extremely strict, Labor market discrimination and yall hate Jews? Like god I’m so done getting death threats because I’m either hated for being part German or American
As “Americans”, we don’t give a fuck what you think of us or if you like us or not. We have no desire to see Europe. Your countries are the reason why this world is fucked up, not the US. Remember, we are the isolationist until you want or need us to clean your mess or protect you from each other. Matter of fact, return our tax dollars.
My mom had to get a second job in order to pay her medical debt off for ONE CHEST SCAN. They are right. It us "work or die." But we dont get to complain even when our water is poison because we are also a cultural hegemon.
Dude the medical debt is real
I was in the ICU for three days and have like ten grand of debt now because I didn't have insurance
My dad had a stroke last month. 6 days of hospitalization, tons of scans and medicine. Followed by physical therapy and follow ups.
Price?
Zero dollars (or Danish Kroner), as we live in a functioning Western civilized country.
Well, what do you mean you don't get to complain? Don't think anyone said that. I think the criticism is that the American mentality is generally so self-absorbed that the world starts and ends in the USA.
@@greengaby9 conservatives insist that we have it the best anyone has ever had it and that our complaining is tone-deaf because people elsewhere and people of the past had it worse, as though the things we're complaining about are minor grievances; first world problems being complained about by people who don't understand how good we have it.
That's who says we can't complain. We hear it constantly.
Huh? I'm talking of the people interviewed in the video. What you are describing is what conservatives do in all the world. I think I am missing the point of the thread maybe. Isn't the OP complaining about not being able to complain because of what people interviewed in the video said?
As a German I very much agree with the Dutch folks. A problem is that words like “liberal”, “republican”, “democrat” are used to put people into boxes and somehow people HAVE to disagree with everyone thats on the opposite spectrum. In Germany at least we dont think like that, inherently, because we have a multi-party system. As an example, I watched this video soley looking at what the guy had to say. Hasan on the other hand and many in chat put him inside the “liberal” box ( 26:00 and 30:21 ). Im not criticising Hasan or chat, Im just pointing out how Americans vs Germans think, and going back to what the Dutch lady said, it is a polarising environment.
I mean, Hasan calls him a lib in the american sense. The guy who made the video is CLEARLY a Liberal, simply because he sees and recognizes societal, class, national problems and then turns around and makes it about the individual - himself. Europeans dislike Americans mostly for political reasons, as demonstrated by a majority of the replies to his questions, and then this guy's conclusion is "I don't mind if others think I'm the dumb american, I'm gonna be myself!" which is the most American thing he could do. The people in Argentina he talked about would be seething if they were to see this.
I'm from SEA and everytime USA/Americans get brought up in any subject, it's always a bad thing. It's either because we laugh at how insane and stupid and self centered many Americans can be, the endless mass shootings, etc. Even though we are very aware of our own problems (and our neighboring countries as well), it's the dichotomy of the US being as Hasan puts it "a third world country with a Gucci belt on" that makes it particularly morbid and fascinating in comparison. I have heard "hey, at least we're not in the US" many a conversation.
Dude SEATTLE is in the USA lmao
a....the product of our education system
@@user-qm9ub6vz5e SEA to the rest of the world usually means South east Asia, meaning Thailand, Philippines , Vietnam, Laos and Indonesia
Americans are actually wealthier than Europeans on average.
@@user-qm9ub6vz5ehahaha i hope that was a joke, becaude if it wqs it was 🔥 😂😂
Major "are we the baddies?" vibes from the video
nah europeans are
or at least equally as much as we are. They are just as racist and shitty but way more pretentious about it
I get it but no, we are not "the baddies". As bad as the US might seem, the other superpower options are much much worse. A world without US hegemony isn't a world without super powers, it's a world without any democratic and free superpowers.
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i like how people just CANT make themselves realizes "americans" didnt appear from the skies but came from EUROPE. the only reason there is anything to dislike here is because of eurocentric influence. the same reason every where outside of europe dislikes europe
Lol bro most Americans don't like America. Most just want to get paid more than minimum wage and afford to go on a vacation every other year.
Did not expect to see Hasan watching a Nathaniel Drew video lol the guy is very insightful and his videos helped me a lot a couple years ago when I'm trying figure my shit out
Agreed! A crossover I never knew I needed.
Europeans destroyed Asia and Africa for hundreds of years, how are they on the moral high ground? They are the ones that killed the majority of native Americans when they colonized the Americas and each other in the tens of millions during some stupid war over a bunch of kings egos. It’s like the Europeans that remember their history didn’t make it past 1945.
Wait so you think that while the white dudes who killed all the natives still identified as Europeans they didn’t count as Americans? That’s crazy
@@Angels510 You think Christopher Columbus or Hernando Cortez thought they were American, or that the British who fought the colonies that succeed thought that land was American? How about India, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, and the rest of Asia? Let’s not even talk about Africa, considering the extent of modern European imperialistic practices there. You my friend are the crazy one.
@@historyrepeat402the problem is america is doing it now to a much Greater and devastating effect
This is true, Europe has a long history of imperialism and exploitations that it still benefits today. But I suppose the main difference America is now the leading cause of these issues and pretends that it doing something different. As well as the fact that most Americans are taught that they have better lives than Europeans despite that not really being the case at all
@@bobfrank7339 there’s an estimated 60-90 million people who’s death can be attributed to the world wars caused by Europeans, show me the comparison to one of the United states wars? 50 million Indians, if not more, were killed by British policies in the late 1800s and while I respect Napoleon, I cannot imagine the Egyptians, Spanish, Haitians, or Russians do. Also, Armenia?
As a European all of this is true. The way the us government treats its people is nothing short of criminal…
We kind of get what we deserve, though.
yet Europeans constantly shit on stuff that is out of reach of the average American and love to do so like school shootings yall just love to rub the salt in the wound with that one all online and in person now which is getting kinda sick
@@MrHorse-by3mpno we dont
You dont know shit about America then. We're all chilling over here
Who cares what Europeans think?
It's weird for us third world people because it's kind of a paradox :
we want to be American so bad because of globalization n how quickly we're all turned into ameriboos thru the internet (myself included) yet we resent Americans so much for the amount of privilege they have compared to us n also because our highschool programs vilainise the fuck out of America (which is fair, in certain situations to be clear)
I’m curious what you mean by villainize. Like negative opinions in history classes or something?
It would be interesting to know how many Belgians are aware of the dark history of their colonial past in the Belgian Congo, during the reign of King Leopold II.
close to none
@@VegaTakeOver you're right, it's not really told at school. Most we know is the Leopold II did it when Congo was belonging only to him (yeah one man was the owner of the country), it's not really told that it continued for a while when he gave Congo to Belgium
@@pouf6463 Honestly that guy was a chad. Imagine just owning a massive part of Africa by yourself.
We feel it has nothing to do with us. Leopold owned the Congo, leased lands to various companies who self ruled their domains, and these companies did some horrible things nobody here even knew about.
@@BamBamGT1. Well, that's OK then. lol
as an american the one thing I resonate with most in this video is just the overall idea of if you aren't rich you're a piece of shit. One of the biggest reasons I'd like to live somewhere else is just that, I don't feel my values align with those of america in any way
I mean the saddest thing is cause you're not rich you won't have the opportunity...
This mentality applies in every part of the world lol. money rules everyone
@@sk8aintstr813 it doesnt. sucess is defined very differently in different parts of the world. In usa it's having a lot of money. Here in my country Sweden sucess is being able to live the life you want. wether it's living in a van and chill at a camping or living expensively and travelling the world. In Sweden there's a saying that implies that it's okey to live by the 3 V's. The three V.s are "Villa" (house), "Volvo" (average car in Sweden) and "Vovve" (Dog). And a lot of people are very happy like this and thats good for them
@@matateto3775 I see. I guess I spoke ignorantly. Thank you for the insight
@@matateto3775 Definitely same mentality here in Finland as well! Probably across the whole Nordics. Just do your thing, be respectful towards other people and enjoy life.
That one chatter wasn’t wrong when he said why Americans don’t learn other languages; our only neighboring countries are Canada and Mexico. If you compare that to Europe where you have so many small countries near each other so much that British kids visit France by going under the Chunnel on a school field trip you can see why they have a better grasp of picking up other languages.
I don’t think that chatter was using it as an excuse; rather an explanation as to why America is a bit isolated when it comes to other countries cultures.
yea and it sucks that only america has this pressure to somehow be masterminds and perfect at everything even languages when other countries like australia or koreans dont get targeted
Well I am from Iceland, an island rather far from most other countries. In school we learn English, Danish and French/Spanish/German as well as Icelandic of course… as an island we have no neighbours….so I don’t think the chatter’s explanation makes much sense. It doesn’t depend on how many neighbours you have, it is just basic education (no hate to anyone btw, just found this way of thinking quite interesting)
@YOYO uhm yeah but Korea and Australia do not present themselves as 'the best country in the world' like the US does, so maybe that's the reason for that. If you keep saying that you're the greatest people are going to seek proof for that
@@chiyokotakeda309 you need to get off your computer and touch grass if you think the stereotype of Americans thinking they are the greatest country is true, read the room look at the political commentator you are watching and his audience is mostly American i can tell you 50% of this country is leftist who do no think at all that they us is the greatest country and the other 50% of right wingers also don't think it is and constantly let you know that America is ass, why do you think trump used the slogan "make America great again"
@@kolbrunbjorg6559 Of course we learn foreign languages in school, but our schools are shitty and kids hate going so they memorize enough to pass tests and move on
I am Dutch, and my negative view of the US is mostly due to the gun violence, guns being legal.. and police brutality. The other major thing is inaccessible healthcare. And the latest abortion bans. I saw someone post a tv commercial for bipolar medication and it blew my damn mind. But i don't think the US is all bad. There's just bad aspects to it, just like any other country really, but because the US is so big we see a lot of it online and in the news.
doesnt sweden also have ads for weird medication like that aswell
As a German, very late to the party, the first thing that legit everyone I know says when America comes up is like: yeah our school system is not good but I am so glad I didn't get educated in america. Or sth like: to be a tourist and do fun dumb shit with money? Its great, but u dont wanna be poor there. When I grew up, in some instances I was legit like: I should appreciate more of what I think of as normal here, cause Americans have it so much worse.
Ja, vielleicht liegt es auch daran, dass ich Ostdeutscher bin, aber niemand in meiner Familie oder Umgebung war ein Amerika-Fan.
Auch als Kind beim logo gucken hat man schon über die vielen Probleme Amerikas erfahren und auch in der Schule haben wir viel davon behandelt.
It's funny to hear some Europeans complain about how overly/excessively proud Americans are of our country, when literally every American I know, myself included, thinks America isn't a particularly great/good country and has a plethora of criticisms about the American government/political system. Additionally, I live in a relatively conservative state, where you might expect more nationalistic attitudes to be held. Are there extreme nationalists in the U.S.? Of course, but the majority of these extreme nationalists are conservatives from older generations. I recently attended a guest lecture at my at my university, and at one point the guest lecturer discussed how the U.S. healthcare system compared to the healthcare systems of other countries of similar GDPs, such as the healthcare systems of certain European countries. He posed a question to the students who attended the lecture, bringing up a talking point often used by conservatives to shut down any conversations around nationalizing America's healthcare system, "Who here thinks, because we spend so much more per capita on healthcare, that our healthcare system features more technologically advanced procedures/equipment and has better outcomes?" Literally no one raised their hand, out of the at least 300 students who attended.
Furthermore, extreme nationalism is hardly exclusive to the United States; in 2016, the UK voted via referendum to cut itself off from the EU, leading to Brexit- a move largely regarded to be the product of rising hyper-nationalistic attitudes amongst the general public. You can also take the varying French hijab bans in recent years, banning wearing the hijab in a variety of locations and contexts within France; these bans are considered by many to be the byproduct of French nationalism conflicting with the local Muslim population. If you're interested in some personal anecdotes of extreme nationalism in other countries, when my Dad vacationed in Canada, his car windows were smashed in, with a vague note left behind explaining it was because his license plates identified that he was from Indiana (home state of Larry Bird), and at the time there was a bit of a rivalry between the Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors. Additionally, once, I attended a Chinese-American cultural exchange/celebration in Chicago with the rest of my high school Mandarin Chinese class, at which one of the MCs, who was Chinese, proceeded to say that, since it's economic boom, China has surpassed America in every way, and that we Americans should just accept it already (paraphrasing, but that was the gist of it)- to which, not a single one of the many Americans in attendance objected, because there was no way of doing so politely.
So many of the comments in this comment section are having a field day shitting on Americans, not the American government, not the American military, but the American people themselves, as though a population of 330 million is a monolith. What makes it even more frustrating is many of the people doing so think that watching American News and TV, and vacationing in a tourist spot here for a week, makes them some sort of expert on American culture, politics, or people. If I, as an American, tried to tell a country's people everything I think is wrong with them without any genuine experience in the country, I'd be rightfully heckled into oblivion.
dont even try with people like that, most of the self hating Americans are cringe pick me's and the Europeans are ignorant asf and genuinely use stereotypes and think that its an accurate representation of america and think we are all a monolith and sadly it will never change this xenophobia is encouraged and accepted
Some good points, but I also don’t think Americans realise how much Europeans mock and judge their own country and people too 😂 especially Brits
Because they loath themselves and it makes them feel better about their pathetic countries.
@@kJ922-h3j Note: I've realized, you never explicitly said you were British, I just assumed so, based on your Brits comment. If you're not, my apologies, please just replace where I said British with your country of origin
Hi! I'm sorry for responding super late! I sort of forgot about this [my] comment, and once I revisited it and saw your response, I wasn't sure how I wanted to respond/if I wanted to respond. To start, I just wanted to thank you for taking some of my points into consideration; I'm definitely in the minority regarding my opinion on this matter in this comment section, so I appreciate it. However, to address your point- making mocking generalizations of one's fellow countrymen is incredibly distinct from making mocking generalizations of another nation's countrymen. Having lived in Britain for presumably at least a significant portion of your life, you are intimately familiar with the fact that, whatever joking generalizations you might make about British people, they're just that- generalizations. You know from your daily interactions, that British people run the whole gamut of personalities, demeanors, and political orientations. When we make mocking generalizations of any outgroup though, including people from other countries, we have a much less of intimate grasp on the fact that it's a generalization, and tribalism often takes hold; if such generalizations are repeated often enough, they soon stop being jokes and start being said with complete seriousness. And that's what you see in this comment section. Certainly, there are jokes and nuanced criticisms, but that are also many, many fully serious statements proclaiming that the American people are a monolith of idiots and assholes, with the very rare outlier (if that).
A Sampling of Such Comments, Found in a Minute's Worth of Scrolling (Copy and Paste):
"It's actually pretty smart of the American government, keep your citizens stupid so that you can easily manipulate them."
"One thing that's really been unsettling is looking at American with its dogshit way of life."
"As an european i always find it funny when americans realize that wait everyone else outside of america think they are a joke."
"The brits and the French hate each other, but not as much as they hate Americans... As a french absolutely, it's just banter based on medieval shit nobody cares about however everyone can feel the American brainrot growing."
"I'm from SEA and everytime USA/Americans get brought up in any subject, it's always a bad thing. It's either because we laugh at how insane and stupid and self centered many Americans can be, the endless mass shootings, etc."
"I dislike America and Americans as a concept..."
It's just made worse when some Americans affirm some Europeans negatives preconceptions of us, in a bid to win approval from them or because they feel a perverse sense of pride at the idea of living/surviving in the worst shithole of a country imaginable, and thus will do everything to paint America as such.
When I interacted with this kind of thing before, I thought and hoped that it was just people with genuine grievances against the actions of the American military or government, who were just expressing their frustration/anger in an unfortunate way, or that it was just an outlying dogma. But, as I've learned these past few years, and as you can see in the comments above, it's not any outlying dogma, and it's not about the actions of the American military/government; it's prevalent and it's about the American people, specifically.
I'm genuinely fearful that in the eyes of a significant portion of the rest of the world, Americans are not people; they are this caricature, this amalgamation of every possible negative trait a person can have combined. Malicious assholes, braindead idiots, and arrogant fools, everyone of us, or at the very least, most of us, is a seemingly ever-more prevalent sentiment.
I think one of the reasons why Americans would be heckled into oblivion for trying to tell a countrys people everything wrong with them is that from our view as europeans you do not know anything about us, i would honestly be suprised if any americans knew who the first minister of scotland was or even anything about our politics yet when i was in highschool i had to learn American politics and the socio-economic problems experienced over there + growing up watching American TV and consuming american media almost constantly has made me knowledgeable enough about American Culture to know what im talking about. I have also been to America and i found it to be weird...the people were nice and helpful though.
There are many reasons, some may be personal (your particular domain is more in demand there than here, or you may find the culture fascinating for a reason), there is also the fact that the US is a very large market on a level of integration that the EU is not at currently, which, for people in a particular situation, may mean business opportunities.
There is also the fact that Europe is different from one place or another. Someone from one country may live a much better life than the average American, while someone else in another country might live worse than the average American.
There are also people who would simply enjoy a change. If moving from Europe to the US seems weird to you, there are people who would like to move to India, or an African country, because they believe it's good to experience the world.
Also, referring to the post you linked to: the question is "If you had to leave Europe...", so it doesn't necessarily mean that Europeans want to leave. It's just the hypothetical of the question. And of course, many would choose the closest thing to Europe: the US.
If you want to see an observable reaction, interact with a European. They will automatically assume you are American. Watch the visible change of attitude if you tell them you are Canadian.
I can't lie as someone from London whenever I've travelled I will tend to gravitate towards the Canadians and try and avoid the US Americans.
The USA like every other countries has bad things and good things, before I knew about the war crimes of the USA, I just didn't like how much space the US Military occupies in Germany, and basically in the city in which I grew up. But I also loved Cartoons from the USA, the Music, Cars, Sports and comedy from the USA. And that's basically how I view every country I think.
@@aClownBaby- Outside of the USA, these are the things I could Access first.
@@aClownBaby- I love to see an ASIP fan
People love the aesthetics, just don't look any deeper
@@mightymax842 the us military is in Germany because your government begs them to be.
Honestly, Americans are isolated from things outside the country, because of our news cycle, how difficult it is to travel outside the country, and the country itself is extremely large and populated. But, most of the things Europeans say about Americans could be said about any of them too. There’s a lot of dumb people in the world, and the higher the population, the more dumb you get. I think the issue is, they all receive so much news and information from America, without seeing the real side of America, but Americans are hardly shown anything from outside the country. It’s a common bias that happens, when you form opinions on something without actually experiencing it, while also ignoring the similarities of the two things being compared. Yes, America sucks really bad, but not for the problems these people cite. The issue is capitalism and rampant propaganda from childhood to adulthood, they want us stupid and brainwashed to be happy little imperialist fighting and working, advocating against their own interests and welfare. Outsiders won’t understand, we are propagandized as children, constantly having capitalism shoved down our throats likes it’s the best thing.
Peruvian here. I get how he got some Argentinian slang to stick... it happens to anyone visiting there in a matter of days, basically. The place is magical.
As a Canadian, this doesn't shock me at all. Despite having one of the longest border's, together.
As a Canadian, we're not that different really, to our southern neighbours. And with the likely election of Conservatives next year, fedserally, we will become even more similar.
@@Nick-kb6jd In my opinion, I don't Pierre Poilievre will win the next election or the NDP. I just Castro will still win unfortunately.
@@arbaazkhan1962 Castro! Trudeau? Hahaha. Like Fidel Castro?
That’s actually the main thing you guys have to use to remain some sort of semblance, Canada is already a America in basically all facets of life, i’ve noticed “We’re not the US” is like a leading political point even within leftists in Canada which is really weird, i’ve never seen strong leftist patriotism lmao
@@arbaazkhan1962 Hate us all you want but never say "together" like that as if we're on the same side or something, fuck yall.
Everyone knows a lot about America. America doesn't know much about everyone else. Americans, (like teenagers) take this as a sign of their own self-importance. Everyone else, sees it as them being ignorant and dumb.
Some people are proud of being dumb, but a lot of people just don’t know any better. People don’t know what they don’t know. America is kind of a bubble because its geographically large and doesn’t have many neighbors close by. Bigger is how English is the dominant *international* language and the US is the largest predominantly English speaking country in the world. I know Americans follow UK culture even if they don’t know about much else. Seems it has a lot to do with language.
@@marshallsweatherhiking1820 I mean they say they follow Uk culture but anything outside of middle/upper middle-class London and they have no clue
@@marshallsweatherhiking1820 By largest what metric do you mean? Geographically, population, the amount of speakers?
We’ll the truth is, Americans don’t need other languages because even for work all the best and biggest companies are usually American. Foreigners need to learn English usually because they companies they work for are American😂 The world is at the feet of America and China that’s why they are so aggressive to Americans, it’s projection from their own inferiority
@@Jacob-ps5xl By culture they mean TV shows, media and celebrities.
Growing up in Germany, I also "inherited" a lot of negative stereotypes on Americans from older generations, unfortunately. I wish we could leave this behind and be more open minded.
Number 1 is probably about Americans being superficial, when my impression in the US was that they are simply more friendly and engaging typically, and of course a random conversation on the bus will not have significant substance typically, plus we have plenty of superficial chit chat in Germany.
Number 2 is about Americans being stupid/uneducated, like was mentioned in the video, propelled by examples from the US that are well received here. Polar opposite stories hardly get any visibility, although there is such a plethora of peak innovation, as well as loads of smart and interesting down-to-earth concepts like center-pivot irrigation for farming in the US.
America blew Germany into rubble with bombs. I think that one is way bigger reason for the negative opinion.
I'm European, and back in the 80's the US was the king of the hill culturally. It's where we all wanted to move. Or at least spend a few years. In the 90's I served with US soldiers. Lifelong bonds being formed. I grew up very pro US, even with US relatives.
The 9/11 aftermath was a huge shift for many. You had most of the world's symphathy, rightfully so for such a horrible event, and Bush junior's admin just blew it. Rumsfeld with his old/new Europe rhethoric, trying to divide the world at any turn. The extreme anti European sentiment when many of us didn't want to take part in the Iraq madness.
The countries that like Americans are the allied nations that have few English speakers or countries that have been heavily structured by Americans. I live in Japan and while there is a stereotype about guns the opinion of American is positive. Many young Japanese people don’t usually consume news about their own countries politics let alone American politics
It’s ironic, the one nation that doesn’t bash on America is the second richest and is actually doing well 😂😂😂
As a European (Switzerland), I like Americans, I just don't like Trumpists who fall for authoritarian propaganda.
acting like the Dems are much less authoritarian is a joke lol
As a new zealander i dont like americans because of their accent, humor & loudness
I agree with the chatter saying most Americans don't have a need to learn other languages (not everything they said of course)- speak to Americans here, many of them don't even have the financial means to visit another country or even other parts of the US. Lots of people never leave the country, or very rarely. It makes sense why other countries are taught English, as it is a dominant language, but we already speak it. In this regard specifically, I don't think it's fair to make that comparison between the US and other countries. Our foreign language education (and our education system as a whole) could be so much better though. A group of schools in my area have a Spanish immersion program, and the students come out of it knowing how to speak Spanish. I'd like to see more programs like that here, and I think they would also really help to facilitate interest in places outside of America. It's just a matter of our overall education system sucking lol. So I don't think Americans being monolingual is because they are stupid, I think especially that part of our education system sucks and when you're living paycheck to paycheck, you don't have the time to devote to learning another language that you will not end up using.
I have heard a conversation once that went something like this:
American: "Hold on a second, do Spanish children get Spanish as a subject in school?"
Spanish person: "Oh, yeah, sure."
American: "You mean, Spanish children have to learn Spanish?"
Spanish: "....yes?"
American: "Oh, how terrible. Why would they force them to learn Spanish? Just let them talk in English instead like normal people! It would be so much easier."
@@MaxMustermann-hy9in I mean I’m sorry you heard that conversation, and I believe it, but a lot of people here don’t feel that way though. Foreign language is still required in schools at least where I’m at though and at my university
Americans and Brits have always hated each other pretty equally, and both respond to each other hating each other in equivalent ways 😂
Back in the 80's there was a speech (I think Regan attended it) where the big money donors and ruling class literally openly said "THE CITIZENS ARE GETTING TOO WELL EDUCATED, WE MUST PREVENT THIS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM".
well they have achieved it
The 90's was the only time in living memory America wasn't stuck in a protracted forever war. It was also famously one of the most disaffected eras in American history. Look at the music and culture of the 90's. Rage Against The Machine, Nirvana, MTV.
To blame the internet is to say people had no idea things were that bad. The reality was they would never be this good again...
Honestly probably a huge reason why the war on terror lasted so long and was a thing to begin with. our politicians definitely saw how much the people hated them and 9/11 gave them an out that they could rally everyone behind
I am European myself and I do not dislike Americans.
that is rare
Europeon that isn’t hateful? *insanity*
I know it was 8 months ago, but just watched this when I arrived for a three month trip to SE Asia. I’m 55 and been travelling since I was 17. I do not hate Americans, but they don’t do themselves any favours. Americans do have a general opinion that everything outside the US is inferior. I have met many Americans on my travels and those that have a passport and make an effort to see the world outside their bubble are for the most part really nice people. Those I’ve met in the US who don’t have a passport or do so they can go to Cancun every year. It’s almost like Americans remain in a state of perpetual puberty until they leave the country and grow up. I have met and served with many American servicemen and women in the Europe and don’t find it unremarkable that they don’t want to go back to the US at the end of their tours of duty. And many choose to leave and settle in Europe/UK. Hope this makes sense🤷♂️
I couldn't agree more as a Scandinavian. They are often quite arrogant and think their way is the right way and they are the most advanced country lol. I was asked once if I know what a computer is while I went to to same school as the creator of Spotify 😂 And another asked if I've seen polar bears...
But I think the worst part is just the arrogance and proud ignorance. Like you said the ones that are open are really nice but a lot aren't.
I think my country is so much more advanced than America and when I go to the US I feel like I go back 15 years in time but they think they're #1 and claim every Swedish invention as American lol.
Also them telling me I speak good English is so condescending, I hate that shit.
The problem is despite the awareness of the public (my opinion as an American in Europe) governments and industry still have control of the direction of and therefore continue to “Americanifying Creep” as much as they can because it benefits them despite the population. This is why there (has to be) strikes in England and France to counteract it
As a Salvadoran immigrant, Im a fan of the culture and working to make your dreams come true. The negative side of the USA is mostly due to the government.
The American Dream is a myth. Most of the civilised world has similar if not superior social mobility opportunities.
@@tonycowinoo bad dollarization is becoming a thing.
That dude was definitely lying about the girl saying McDonald’s is American food we have southern food/BBQ /seafood in the north east and west
Another reason why the Dutch speak perfect English is because it is required to be fluent in English before they can graduate from their version of high school
It’s a problem with no solution. The Americans who became more European (Henry James, James Whistler, John Singer Sargent, etc.), were criticized for being too snobbish, over-educated, pretentious, and supercilious.
Almost all of Europe can speak English. The English language, as you know today in America, comes from here. So of course people in the netherlands speaks it. I'm from Denmark, we where taught english in school from the 2nd grade. And Spanish, french And german a couple of years later. And while we were taught the languages, we also learned the history from the countries. Something American school could learn from😉
Tell me 3 things about Brunei and the republic of Congo.
@@faytstrife5782what has it to do with America?
That belgian lady wasnt wrong though, ask 10 americans to pin point Iraq's location on the map and see how many could get it right.
Nothing is worse than Americans THINKING that they're the best at everything when they're just average at some things. The only thing they are the best at is killing innocent people in the ME. Every time I have had this argument with Americans their argument always boils down to either: "well we protect your ass" or "our military would kick your ass". THAT'S NOT A FLEX.
I know a lot of Americans in Europe since I went to a private school that had a lot of military families, expats etc. and every single one of them after a few years concluded that Europe (or at least the Western European country I lived in) was so much better than the US. Most of them decided to stay in Europe after high school.
classic sheltered chronically online take of America
@@VegaTakeOver Hurts that I'm right, huh?
@@doggie689 no it only hurts when white sheltered kids give their takes
@@doggie689 no, you’re not not everybody in America is white
I am a European and my feeling towards Americans is what I feel about most adolescents.
They will vastly improve when they grow towards adulthood, there`s still a chance for them to change.
Yeah it's like a toddler with a loaded gun. It's scary and annoying
No they dont... they are too arrogant.
I hate America, but I don't hate Americans. I also hate being British but nothing makes me more patriotic than hating America with other Europeans
nothing makes an American more patriotic when they have to defend the classic 20+ nation alliance that always forms just to attack america
The way Americans and Brits mock each other then get SO triggered when the other one does it 😂
@@LHLH78 you probably make just as many jokes about britain as Brits do about you, we are contractually obliged to sh*t on each other 😂 you can’t make that as serious as what you just said
Whether by design or accident, America tells a very powerful narrative through its news, it’s entertainment, its corporate influence.. We can’t help but be influenced. Whether we buy in or not, no one has a bigger, louder platform.
When I was an international student in Vienna 7 years ago (I am Canadian), one of the guys I spent the most time with was from Kentucky. Nice guy, but he would pretend to be Canadian all the time because he said people would treat him better. The guy did not know ANYTHING about Canada. He knew Toronto existed and that some people spoke French, but other than that Canada might as well have been Zimbabwe to this guy for all he knew. At first I found it funny that this guy would get stumped on his Canadian knowledge by Austrians, but by the end of the semester I was kind of hoping that Canadian international reputation wasn't taking a hit from American impersonators.
Bro saw a dude struggling to fit in and instead of helping out bro ran to the comments to write this smh this isn’t the Canadian kindness I thought I knew😂
@@pete-treedish4363such a stupid comment.. How exactly would you help out in this situation?. Also you realize that he talks about the past 7 years ago? Jesus christ dude like how confused are you?! ..
Are you American by any chance?
@@pete-treedish4363dude what? You think it’s even remotely ok to pretend you’re a different nationality because the US is so hated around the world?
Belgium girl thinking tiktokers actually make money lmfao
I kinda felt this way too, but after further radicalization, liberal Europeans many who are in this vid get more intolerable.
can you elaborate more pls
Yeah, I'm french and my biggest issue with America is the exportation of its way of life/culture and the way it squashes everything else. Now that sounds like a conservative opinion, but it's mostly my dislike for conservatism that shapes my opinion. American economic and political imperialism is extremely dangerous, especially since the bush era. Every. Single. American culture war has been exported to Europe. 4 years after trump got normalized, the far right surged in france. The current main example is the way transphobia and terfism is being weaponized by our far right after the stupid crusade of the American Republican Party. And then, american conservative issues that make no sense in frsnce get exported too. Now we have nutjobs talking about "wokisme", our frenchie version of woke. It's absurd. Also as some stated, the general perceived superiority of the american attitude, and the way america constantly nags us about saving us during the war completely ommiying that the only reason they got involved is beacuase their subqmarines were attacked by nazis by mistake. Not out of righteous intentions. Just profit. Alsor the heatlhcare bit, the complete lack of repect fot humans beyond their usefullness as a worker. The way america tosses people that arent part of the system out to die. They way you have the means to solve gun violence but don't because of greed. Its a lot.
With a corrupt regime like in the US, why should anyone want to give up their guns?
You can blame the cold capitalism in the US, which diminishes the value of people and raises money as priority#1 and thats why most americans are only out for themselves, fucking over the neighbor if needed just because...profit.
A sideeffect of its cold culture.
I think a lot of this problems in USA comes from being a "new" country/democracy, and having power, money and guns don't change that. The same kind of happens in Brasil and other colonized countries, we are still figuring things out while Europe and most of Asia is centuries ahead.
This means that USA, Brasil and other "baby countries" should look at the examples from Europe and Asia, and stop running away from social security and education, and towards guns and policing
chronically online take, most of if not all of Asia except for Korea, japan, Singapore and barely 1st tier cities in china fit into the same frame as the american countries
My friend from the Netherlands harps on all time how superior his country is, but in the same sentence will complain how all Netherlanders hate each other and everyone is rude? Pick a lane my dude. lol he is cool tho lol
I also had a real negative view of the US and even Americans in general. However I've met plenty of Americans during my years travelling (mostly in Europe) and just about all were very friendly, polite, open minded and easy going. I realised then it's all the unbelievably stupid and confident YeeYee types that I can't stand (as well as the government).
I find the majority of people outside the u.s. really hate Republicans and what we'd call valley people(stereotypical californian).
Because well traveled Americans tend to differ a lot from the ones that don't travel or from many of them at least
Kinda crazy watching the people from the Netherlands talk about the Tea Party and the far right movement in the US after they just elected their own fascist. I know this video is too old for them to have known that was going to happen, but it's definitely a little more interesting with the new context.
The reason we speak perfect English is not only because we don't have subs, but also because Dutch is the closest language to English. Even most Dutch people don't realize this, but on the language tree it's right next to English and Frysian (a dialect from NL as well)
Also, American English is somewhat influenced by Dutch vs UK English.
the united states lives rent free in europeans minds it’s so funny
Literally, even when we don’t mention them once they will talk about us 365/24/7
Fr europeans are like bitter ex girlfriends when it comes to us.
I can just imagine some australian cuck laying in his bath tub with a shower cap on and rubber ducky cursing us under his breath.
@@lanxy2398for real
In Australia we refer to Americans as Seppos, which is short for septic tank. I don't know a single person that likes the US.
Black Americans are the only ones who contributed anything to the world. The world would be better off without white Americans
We call them Pindos sometimes
0:01 and 1:53 did Hasan just say that the American worker is lazy and entitled sitting at home eating "avocado toast".. and sorry... jalapeno poppers and Oreos??? Sound a bit like the opposite side of the "fox news" coin.... Also American culture is great, but the people that created it are completely divorced from it?? what??Jazz and the people who live it aren't great??? Rock and roll, apple pie, rodeos, monster trucks, rap music, r&B, the list can go on and on.. real Americans created these things and thousands more improved it... thousands for each category... culture is not divorced from its people Hasan
Haven’t heard that before and I’m Australian but I do agree that us Aussies can’t stand Yanks. Not all Yanks are bad but the vast majority are, their negative stereotype exists for a reason.
Ive never heard anyone say that lol
Everyone laughs at Americans and America but if you have actual animosity towards someone because of their nationality you suck lol
Also I also laugh when its us Australians complaining about Americans. Given how Australia is basically America light. We have ridden America's dick hard throughout history.
At my work there was a polish guy who had moved to the UK as an adult but had learned English growing up watching his father's favourite genre of movies, westerns. So he had the typical Polish accent speaking Polish but switching to English he had the average accent of all the cowboys from those movies
So he became a western?
Now that is something else!
Though, I hope he didn't play the hero and challenged someone for a duel.
:D xD
PS: and just to be sure, this was a joke. A little silly gag of mine.
As an American, I completely agree with these Europeans. Please, somebody save me!!! 😂
"The Dutch have no accent when speaking English"
Immediately cuts to the most Dutch accent ever.
Yeah def not true I would argue they have the 2nd thickest accent of all Germanic countries when speaking English after Germany. As a Swede who knows many Dutch ppl they don't realize how Dutch they sound lol
@@Quzga Yeah, if they have an accent it's gonna be really noticeable. Of course there are people who have trained themselves to have a more neutral or native accent for the language, but that's rarer.
@@KaregoAt yeah i also think any language that has more throaty sounds like Dutch and Danish is hard to get rid of.
I find Swedish/Norwegian to "American" accent is much easier/smoother and I can barely tell some Swedes are Swedish but I can always tell a Dane lol
As a dutch person, we learn the english language really early on in our lives with a lot of focus on pronunciation (and the massive amounts of English and American tourist also have inpact). Thats why we don't really have an accent
Earlier this year I visited Amsterdam and Utrecht and was impressed by how great everyone's English was, sounded better than mine.
we know about the tea party because the same people that funded that movement are trying to pull the same shit in our countries
Americans are the kid that everyone finds kinda weird and obnoxious but swears they're the most popular kid in school.
To be honest Americans don't pay attention to anyone else. We don't know shit about other countries because we aren't taught about them like... at all. So it's not even that we think we're the most popular, it's more like we think we're the only ones there. I swear I'm not trying to be insulting but we genuinely don't think about yall. And that's definitely part of why we're so problematic lol. We think we're the center of the universe.
Or the kid that everyone criticized to make themselves feel better when they aren't actually any different. It's just an easy target.
@@ellegmye Because we dont care. Why should we? Oh wow King Charles' coronation who gives a fuck.
@@ellegmye that’s true, but then it doesn’t stop you talking about other countries and cultures 😂
The scariest part of being a canadian is our housing crisis, close second is being misidentified as an American
The United States is the crazy guy with the gun that Europe created over several hundred years and refuses to take any responsibility for. Just as much as the US takes no responsibility for anything.
I think the internet is the main reason why so many have the perception of Americans being dumb. But personally i have to come to the realization we are all idiots, all we have to do is find the correct/wrong topic of discussion.
Me, an avid viewer of FriendlyJordies, knowing nearly just as much about Australia's politics as I do American politics.
I agree that the internet really exposed America for what it is. Sadly, being Canadian - I'm going to say something that isn't going to be so popular amongst some American's but I think American's were the most prolific at spreading racism and hate across the globe via internet, hence the problems we're seeing in a lot of countries these days. Sorry, but it's true!
I'm not enjoying the Canadian's who are copy-catting this hate!
Cheers.
Right. Racism didn't exist outside of the US before the '90s.
@@KittyWampus89 you sure? There was a lot cases of racism by average citizens m, these just went often unnoticed and were not executed by government forces, government most of the time was leftist that were staying true to their values, until it's some sort of sarcasm.
@@rafsandomierz5313 ... Obviously, my previous comment was sarcasm! The United States didn't invent racism!