I mean, if you’re a democracy, you can pretty much judge people based on their politicians. The politicians don’t grow in the woods they are reflection of society
Yeah, the thing is that america is not a democracy, its more like an oligarchy. But of course if americans still think they are a democracy we can say : Hey over 50% of you have voted for Trump a while ago, so at least 50% of americans must be totally stupid idiots.
Yes, thank you! It’s annoying to me when people try to blame all of a country’s problems on the politicians as if none of them voted for these people. You may not have voted for the jerks who got elected, but people need to push for change at the grass roots level to prevent people like that from getting into office in the future.
That seems unfair. It's not like they have a lot of choices. They have fallen into a stable two party system. Strategic voting within a first-past-the-post plurality voting system makes the creation of an alternative party inherently self-sabotaging for any issues they campaign on. Run a progressive campaign and you are more likely to steal votes from democrats making a republican victory more likely; for example. So the public at large is largely dependent on one of those institutions to choose the choices for the public. So the people representing the public need not come from the public. You can choose people who will be minimally burdened or actively benefit from the kind of policies the parties want their members to legislate. You pick the right tools for the job, then let the public chose a brand so they feel like they are contributing. Plus, it's expensive to campaign in both time an money. That kinda loops back to the money in politics issue they have, but it also means someone living paycheck to paycheck is not going to have the time or money to run for office or lobby someone who can; and that reaches back to their lack options when it comes to choosing a representative. Don't judge people based on their governments, most of the time it's not their fault where they are born.
I think you misunderstand about being disliked for "being happy". I think it is more about the insincere fake smile and constant "have a nice day" comments. It seems so forced and fake and Europeans don't respond so well to the insincerity. That was one of the reasons that Walmart failed so hard in Germany.
I’ve heard so many Europeans saying that most of the time they don’t say things like that to each other, but In the US it’s our way of being polite and we are very sincere when we say “have a great day” give a little smile and wave if someone looks at you it’s just the custom it’s not forced or anything. From stories I’ve heard it sounds like they just aren’t used to having random strangers do stuff like that
@@DruncanUK if someone says have a nice day here it’s said with much much sarcasm lol. And sure there are insincere people everywhere (soccer moms) but when someone walks by and there’s eye contact sure we will crack a warm smile maybe. Or in an elevator with a small hey but I think of it as a sign we acknowledge the other person as a person. It goes a long way sometimes. Ps teen girls seeing their friends…. That’s genuine lol
In my opinion Americans always make a big deal out of little things, they exaggerate. And I don’t like that some things are rubbing off to our society. Take a gender reveal party by expecting parents, or a baby shower. And don’t get me started on weddings. It has to be bigger than others had, at more beautiful venues than others had, with more guests than others had, more romantic than others etc. Everything has to go flawless and because of that you have rehearsals, crazy. And a lot of Americans react crazy when they hear a surprise, like a daughter’s pregnancy or a soldier son coming home from deployment. Running around screaming, or plummeting to the floor and cry and scream, so exaggerated, like they play a role in a tv comedy series.
It’s how we celebrate things. You guys are always talking about how Americans are like this, but that’s just us being expressive and happy. We want to show that we care that we love one another in the biggest and brightest ways because that makes us feel good, it’s all about the hospitality. Americans love showing love. But what you’re describing IS what is shown on tv or something. Because no one truly acts like this in America and if they do it will be heavily judged and criticized. We know what crazy people are
As a comment already stated. People of a country always say "don't judge us on our political leaders." But these are the people the majority of the population chose to represent them - therefore are a reflection of the citizens.
Yes, but most importantly, America could be leaded by flesh eating nazi lizard mutants for all we care, if it wasn't THE MOST POWERFUL INFLUENCIAL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. IT would be fine if it had the cultural and financial impact of Cyprus.
Except if the country in question has an election system that deliberately favours the governing party using various counting and evaluating methods/exceptions sanctioned by law. This phenomenon is very wide spread in Eastern Europe.
I'm from Rome, Italy. Every year we welcome millions of tourists. I can tell you that American tourists fall into two categories. Fifty percent are wonderful tourists, respectful of the culture and the place they are in. The other fifty percent, however, think they are in an amusement park. They think that by paying, they can do whatever they want without respecting the people and the place they are in. I can assure you that this high percentage (50%) of rude people is not found in any other group of tourists. This makes you very unpopular and has little to do with your country's politics.
I disagree that it has little to do with US politics in the sense that American feel entitled because they are backed by the might of their government. They think they can do whatever they want without serious consequences because their government will come to their rescue and no-one wants to mess with the mighty USA. I don't know whether this is true in all cases or whether it's the personal perception of a few ignorant people. However, even if only indirectly, I think their politics does count for some of the attitudes we see from American tourists.
There is another video where an American is asking British people why they dislike people from the US, and almost all said they liked Americans as individuals, but quite a few disliked the diversive stance of the politicians, the erosion of human rights, particularly abortion decisions, and singled out Trump: they found it difficult to understand how he can be worshiped by so many when he is so dishonest and self serving.
Hate is a strong word, I would say we are disappointed or disillusioned. We used to admire the US and took a lot of inspiration from there. In Europe we have always had a lot of information about the US in our news. And many of us has visited US multiple time. However, something has happened and we have become disillusioned. America's reputation has deteriorated in recent decades. The 2016 presidential election and its preceding election campaign were a disaster for America's reputation in the rest of the world! The following presidential therm did not help!
@@zionnichols7710He is a dishonest bussinessman. Even now, his own supporters are being tricked with the donations. He would hire "the best" people, just to fire them all. If a boss has to fire somany, its probably a crap employer. Hired kusner who walked away with 2 billion from saudies, ivanka with 41 chinese trademarks. Shouldnt have hired them in the 1st place. He blames everybody around but never looks in a mirror, i suspect he doesnt have a reflection😂. He called fallen soldiers suckers and losers. We have a few cemetaries full of my heroes, your soldiers! He got sent away by 60+ judges and is still claiming he lost without showing any evidence. Jan 6 was him, we must fight like hell. He fucked up corona, hell, more americans would be alive today if Clinton was pos. He wanted to screw with healthcare in the pandemic...wth. He doesnt treat people right, ask his old contractors or the scottish people. He is in general disliked around the world, not respected maybe feared(a little bc people like gen. Millie are behind him) bc he is an imprictable lunatic. He is disrectfull to women, grab em by the p, would date his own daughter?!?! He is a whining playground bully.
@@AudieHolland wish I could say our politicians were not corrupted but they are by the military industrial complex along with big pharmaceutical companies, and so on. We took out Iraq in 26 days when they had a 1.3 m man army. Longer the war more money people make. Not proud of this as an American but we know it must end.
Why? First time no new wars. Abraham accords.criminal justice reform. Energy independence first time ever. Geo growing at a rate 30% higher. Immigration in check. NATO paying their obligations. Hardest sanctions on Russia ever. Solamani gone. Iran broke. Never could have funded hamas in that state. Dollar sound. No toppling of governments. is your argument that things were worse?
It does appear to me that Americans abroad want to be actively liked, and when they are treated neutrally they take that as being disliked. Maybe that's down to the culture of false enthusiasm and friendliness that permeates a lot of social interaction (led by retail) in the States that has become part of the national personality (sort of), so the European more neutral attitudes comes over as negative in comparrison. There's also a culture of mickey taking in Europe (especially the UK) where we poke fun at people that is not as common so much in the US, except maybe for very close friends who can get away with it, and this may be taken as disliking when done by people you have not known for long, but it is one of the ways we get to know you, especially from your reaction.
@@-caspo- my feelings do not root in prejudices, but in year long observations of a nation that tries to controll the whole world while hardly being able to tie up their own shoe lashes. So there is no "prejudice" to overcome. I just stay away. Makes my life really easy
Hi there from Portugal. Speaking for myself of course, but I don't think we hate Americans per se. I guess we hate the apparent predisposition to violence, the lack of common sense ( health service, anyone?), and the increasing censorship stances (i.e., forbidding certain books in certain states, therefore hindering critical thinking.), That's absolutely a no-no for me. This is just what we hear out here, although we know we shouldn't generalise...Again, this is what's being sold to us, for better or worse
The Netherlands, where I live, is considered to be a christian country, but here religion is personal and not so prominent in society. I heard "in The Netherlands we have not only freedom of religion, but also freedom from religion" and I think that's a good thing. Exceptions are there of course, but over all we just get along, religious (from what ever religion) or not.
In Scotland members of the Sihk community in Glasgow ran a food bank from a Baptist church hall during lock down, there are a group here that don't like other people having other religions yet that's not reflective of the greater nation for most its a private thing and its not something that comes up in conversation, you can tell on twitter and places, people put their religion,politics and sexuality in their bios in America, here those things don't define us, we might put our job or hobbies.
Why do I not like the USA, not America, the USA? When I was 5, i.e. 70 years ago, I realised that they do not take responsibility for their negative actions. The usa still doesn't.
I think about the ''judging based off the president'' is due to the fact that the usa is closed off so they don't talk about presidents of other countries. Especially the media. Like I know here (in france) we talk about political leaders quite a lot (especially the elections)
Also obviously the main presidential impact is trump BUT I feel like the way Biden and the government or whatever deal with Ukraine is ... like too much. I mean the media here are debating it a lot and it feels like the US are trying to play the saviors again which is annoying because, as always, they are a part of why it escalated on the first place. And macron doesn't help either because he's clearly whipped by the USA and the eu and we don't necessarily like it AT ALL.
G'day Guys! OK so I am Australian...I worked in Brazil, Argentina & Uruguay in the late 70's/80's and the reason the people there don't like "Yanquis" is because the CIA et al did so much to prop up the fascist dictatorships there... People here don't dislike US citizens per se but let's face it alm 80 million voters almost half of votes cast in 2020 were for Trump and we look at that and wonder how stupid can those people be? We see Republicans, some not all, who we would describe as borderline fascists just looked at as "conservatists" the electoral system is one of the least democratic in the Western world. Does an independent body set electoral boundaries? NO! Do the various "secretaries" get elected by the people? NO!!! Sadly people like yourselves who WANT to learn do not appear to be the majority over there... Cheers!
what? XD us literally had the best president in years that fixed unemployment rates, decreased racial tension, stopped wars and prevented them, and they exchanged that for an old senile warmonging puppet
With the Internet and Social Media i think a lot of opinions now are based more on regular people rather than politicians. You get to experience more of an unfiltered version of people regardless of where they are from.
Media bubbles can become anger and hate inducing echo chambers. A lot of social media is just people echoing other media through their own biases. I mean if I had editorial influence at one of the corporate networks I'm pretty confident I could at least stir some discussion in a few social networks. Attention is a finite resource. If you were to somehow reduce people's free time, or occupy more of peoples available attention, then you could ostensibly have a lot of influence over what people think about. I think people underestimate how many of their opinions were given to them rather than formed from their own personal experience.
@@ravenward626 A lot of people are lazy when it comes to things they read. And its not that difficult to look things up before having a fit about it. A lot of people only read headlines and what people around them say. They never even bother to read the article. Or look for different perspectives. I stay away from Facebook and Twitter because those are some of the worst places.
You are right, before the internet only could consume "Pro America" movies, music (videos), etc. Everything was meant to make Americans feel good about their country and themself. And the rest of the world consumed the same media basically glorifying the USA. With the internet more (unfiltered) opinions and a more realistic view of America is presented.
If you read a local newspaper in Europe, you will always find a large section with international news. In the US people are less informed. And your attitude is different as well. You mentioned that thanks to the internet you now can get access to all that information. As a German I was used to hearing these news every day through local radio stations or public tv stations. Even the private channels have adopted this news culture because everybody was used to it since the late fifties of the last century. And even these days, if I read something in the social media, I will check whether the public news service confirms the information before assuming it to be true. And since these media are controlled by a large group of different organisations they are rather reliable.
The biggest problem with some Americans is their exceptionalist self-image. Either "we are the greatest country in the world" or "all we do is fuck up the world". Neither is true. The things, that make America great, like economy, military and technological innovations don't matter all that much for the average citizen. For them stuff like housing, healthcare, education and crime are more important in their day to day life. And those are the things the US does worse than any other developed nation. And while the US foreign policy certainly isn't perfect, some people take it to the extreme and say it is all bad. That's not true either. NATO is a good thing, international cooperation is a good thing and keeping agressive superpowers like Russia or China in check is also a good thing.
I don't think Europeans dislike Americans. People from Canada or Mexico are also Americans. They have done nothing wrong. But we don't like the ignorance and the attitude of some people of the US, in particular the attitude to be god's chosen country and the whole world has to revolve around. For example, when US Americans ask an Englishman what language they speak in England... I just have no sympathy for idiots like that. And we don't like the fake friendlyness the fake smiles. That US-Americans do one moment, as they will be your best friend, and the other moment they forget you exist.
Growing up in a tourist town, pre Internet and social media, US citizens only seemed to travel in tours and always a bit confused about where they were, history, currency, etc. The Japanese also favoured the lightening speed tour of Europe, but even with a language barrier, had done their research and understood. Nowadays, even with the Internet and social media, you get a few more independent travellers from the US, but as a generalisation, not much more research. Amazes me even more now that I know that PTO is limited, precious time, yet all that money spent with no research! Final note, the mass shootings, the right to bear arms is so important to some, and these same people are anti abortion. I can't get my head around the people backing these policies, and any protest is given up after a week!
16:30 every country has stereotypes inside of it 😅 in Italy stereotypes range between provinces 50km distant to each other.. in my region (Veneto) for example we have a little song that emphasizes stereotypes among the region like Venice is rich and Padua is full of doctors..
You know. I hear you saying we judge you because of your politicians. And you obviously don’t think that’s fair. But realistically what is anyone doing about it. Like, WHAT?
I think its more about that Americans don't care about europe and their culture not knowing anything they still have opinion about something they dont know and its irritating to people from that countries it's making Americans look selfish and rude .Sometimes if you don't know you just ask and people will help you understand but they don't do that, they saying stuff without thinking about the meaning or people who may they offend.
If America didn’t have to pay for Europes national defense last 70 years do you k ow where we would be? Selfish? Wow. Europeans enjoyed spending their money on their citizens while we policed the world for peace. America left its citizens behind and on verge of bankruptcy for the sake of “globalism”. Who’s selfish here?
I think the internet has had a much bigger effect on Americans than it has on anyone else worldwide. America has been a net exporter of culture for a long time while only really importing small amounts of culture from other countries - music from UK, food from Mexico maybe a little film noir from France. That was about it until the internet opened the world up to everyone which I find weird considering USA is a county of immigrants. Meanwhile European countries (even Britain which keeps itself fairly culturally isolated) have always had a history of influences from the many different countries they are in close proximity to. I presume the same happens on the other continents. So while the world shrank for everyone as the internet grew, it really looked from the outside as if many of the Americans I interacted with back then were slowly discovering that the rest of the world wasn't just a smaller, poorer old fashioned version of America and didnt in fact particularly look up to them or down on them very much at all (individual ameriphiles/ameriphobes notwithstanding). The best metaphor I can come up with is America was absolutely convinced it was the universally popular kid at school until it listened in on the group chat and found out that it was mid popular and American people (not government) still seem to be struggling to come to terms with that. Sure sometimes the perception of America is about your government but usually it isn't. Especially since every aspect of the english speaking internet is massively dominated by Americans. The rest of the world gets to interact with alot more Americans than Americans do with people from the rest of the world.
I think a good way of saying something close to what you're saying is maybe that Americans often more than other people just assume that they/their culture/their mindset is some kind of "default" rather than just one out of many.
Hay una frase en castellano o español que dice: seria la novia en la boda, el niño en el bautizo y el muerto en el entierro. Pues eso cree que es EEUU y muchos de sus ciudadanos tambien lo creen.
Actually, most Americans are fairly oblivious to what other people think. We have generally favorable views of other countries (see various surveys by Gallop and Pew). Moreover, Americans are generally oblivious and indifferent to what is going on in other states of the US. People in California aren’t thinking about the Midwest or the South or New England, etc. And vice versa. It’s not that we think universe revolves around us, many of us don’t think about the rest of the world. Most Americans would be really surprised to learn that our movies and TV shows popular outside of the US. We really don’t think about it.
yes, Europeans tend to answer based on political view and news. However, I would agree with some of their points and it's connected to my own experience traveling to US and interacting with people there... And again people will judge every other country - just ask😂
As a brit and having been to America many many times together with staying in a lot of the States, have found Americans to be the opposite of what is perceived. They very friendly,helpful, kind and good fun to be with, only one person, ever was so rude and pushed me to my limit was in New York. Lucky for him he was behind a glass barrier. So it seems there is always one, ready to spoil the image. I loved my stay in the States and had many good times with Americans, who like me enjoyed good food and excitement- got them finally to appreciate a good beer!! There are some really good real ales in the USA forget Coors and Budweiser! Still in touch with many of the families. As a side note, take it from me, the people are not a reflection of their politicians, quite the opposite in fact. Its just like us in the UK we vote between a rock and a hard place, our systems are becoming very undemocratic. Me? I'm off down the pub, trying forget those idiots who pretend that they are helping us.
The "enlightend" americans and those who travel abroad are not the issue. It's the MAGA people and those who think like them who ruin the image....and also politicians.
I live in Indonesia. I'm Indonesian. My first encounter with an American, I've got several fvcc yous in my face. I was a chef trainee in a hotel restaurant and he was ordering quite a detailed way of how to cook his eggs. It was a particularly crowded breakfast service and I had many specific ways of cooking the guests' eggs in hand before his. Mind you, he was finally in the restaurant because he was already making a ruckus of how the effin stupid front desk person forgot to wake him up (which he didn't ask for a wake-up call in the first place). So he was there a good 10 minutes past the breakfast time limit. I didn't forgot what he ordered (omelette of three eggs with only two of the yolks, only salt no pepper, with some onions). I was making the order that came 2 orders before his, but he was in front of me already asking for his eggs. Not even 3 minutes have passed since he was asking for it. I was completely flabbergasted because he was just starting to say rude things and make negative remarks about me and how I'm fat lol and he topped it off with a few fvcc yous for good measure So yeah. Not exactly a joyous meeting..
1 American out of a diverse country of 335,000,000 is not a statistically significant sample. Should I assume all 278,000,000 Indonesians make snap judgments?
in Europe you only even get to know the Americans who made the effort on getting a passport, are able to get time off work and can afford to travel intercontinentally. that already is a huge bias in what type of Americans you can interact with f2f. I only met an American couple once: in Thailand on a booked trip around Phuket. as expected they were super nice, open-minded and we had a good chat during the car drives.
Being conservative and liberal at the same time means you are just a moderate. Or a centrist as we usually call it here in Poland. I always thought this is the healthiest place to be politically. Trying to see reason on both sides and avoding any crazy extremes.
I can't understand Europeans that look down on Americans thinking they are so much better. Most Europeans haven't met most Americans or vice versa, same with the rest of the world, so basically we know jack shit bout each other. As far as my experience goes considering Americans; most were wonderful, very helpful and super friendly people and I noticed very little differences between people from west and east coast or those from the 'fly-over-states'.
Dudo que vayan a reaccionar a un video llamado: hay de todo en todas partes,unas mejores y otras peores. Creo que hablar de obviedades es muy poco interesante aparte de no enseñar nada. Si en este tipo de debate,no generalizamos, adiós debate. Gracias por vuestro trabajo, a pesar de tener que leer subtitulos automàticos de youtube, me divierto , aprendo y entretengo mucho con ustedes
Hi from Sweden 🇸🇪 Personally I find Americans to be generally nice people. However as a country it seems like the US is loosing it. Looking in from the outside you only see the polarisation, the loud extremes. Going to check out the vlog channel now, peace and love ❤
We like americans... Your ancestors is from here...i only been to New York city... People there where amazing so helpful.. IF we where looking at a map, they rushed to help US out..
It's not as if Europeans fundamentally dislike every single U.S. citizen. It's more the case that there are an incredible number of aspects of the U.S. that Europeans simply don't like. I personally can't understand how one can live under all these burdens, as I would call these aspects. For me, that would be no life, only survival. What I as a European absolutely cannot understand is the fact that many US Americans have resigned themselves to the conditions in their country, even if they would like to change them. The U.S. has absolutely no demonstration culture, the citizens just accept everything. Only when it comes to their beloved money do they take to the streets. Occupy Wall Street was the largest protest movement in North America in 2011. Everything else you just have to accept and survive.
@@LHLH78 apart from BLM and woke agenda, gun violence and crazy people (even celebrities), bad systems inside your country (social rights, workers rights, false democracy etc...) ? i haven't seen much protest in the US these years on subjects that REALLY matter, even on the internet. these days, hollywood writers are on strike to be paid even more for crap stories, before that there was black live matter going overboard everywhere, and all the stuff between woke disney and the state, same with transgenders who wanted to take up arms against a law to protect children. so what kind of protest have you got over there wich was not completely insane ? legit question here !
Occupy Wall Street was a protest to limit the size of banks. What and where do you hear this stuff lol. Vast majority of Americans literally just life life. A bit arrogant to think otherwise while using our phones, internet, and platforms? lol begging you to post a link you’ve read to make you think this. Only so I can see what it is your being fed by the corporate media. Cause Frankly… it’s nuts 🥜
You, obviously, know very little about the US. I live near Washington, DC, and I can’t keep track of all the demonstrations. March for Life, March for Israel, Free Palestine, Rage Against the War Machine, Nurses’ March, Anti-Vax March. Climate Change, Gun Violence, Women’s March, etc. Say what you will about the Trump rioters on January 6th (and other dates), they certainly didn’t “accept everything”. These are just the demonstrations in DC in the past years that have drawn over a hundred thousand people. More proof that Europeans are very ignorant about the US, but have very strong opinions about it.
And none of us should fall into that sort of bigotry and prejudice towards another country, no matter how superior and self-satisfied it makes us feel.
American has exported it's pop culture to the UK at full speed since the 80s. It was hyper charged when the internet came along. But before the internet there was music, sport, food, film & Hollywood, TV programmes, reality shows & TV series flowing into the coutry. All of this media rubs off onto the psyche of Briton's as they grow up. This has much more of an influence of our views on the average American. *I fully appreciate that there is no such thing as an average american in any way whatsoever!
It hard to generalize US and EU, bc they are just to big. But the list of positieve and negative aspects makes it more clear, I think. And unfortunately there are too many negative US aspects. And again,I appriciate this video.and your comment a lot.👍👍
I didn't know what a vlog was but I saw your thingy below and clicked on it and saw you on a video walking around, I was amazed to see you outside on legs, lol. I have subscribed and now look forward to seeing more of your great videos. Take care in CA. (U.K.)👍
Obviously every Country has their Stereotypes, Never change who you are as a person for anyone, as long as you're a good person then who cares what other people think.....Great video guys! From UK.
Good points and as a European i agree with all.. Mostly duo to USA tourists which are the absolute worst in my opinion(Obviously not "ALL" but a vast majority. What you say about judging USA Civillians based on their political leadership is true, but that happons to alot of Country's . Easy example: Russia and China..
You looked puzzled by the English woman saying we are not European, yes we have many Brits who are ignorant of their own history, talking stereotypes, Briths in us have a stereotype of being intelligent, yep it's a stereotype. For me, the Positives are the many reaction channels like yours which give more genuine insights
But in some countries like the UK we don’t directly choose our leader, we elect the party and they have their leader, so you can agree with the party and choose them, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you agree with or like the leader or think of him or her as a reflection
One of the reasons the rest of the world thinks Americans are weird and crazy is because they shout from the rooftops that the US is the best country in the world and 80% of them have never left the country and many haven't even left their home state. The rest of the world may also have the same percentage, but they don't say they are the best in the world. What many hate is the American political class and the slavers, not the anonymous citizen.
Certainly, here in Great Britain, politics is perceived as very separate from religion. The handful of politicians (or, indeed, other public figures), who have spoken about the effects of their religious beliefs on their politics have generally been sidelined and regarded as odd, if not a little dangerous. In the UK (with the possible exception of Northern Ireland) religion is considered a very private and personal thing and is seldom discussed publicly. In the US it appears, at least to outsiders, that politicians make a big public show of their religious beliefs On a downer, sorry guys, to a grumpy middle aged bloke from Yorkshire at least, the US habit of loudly, repetitively and incorrectly using the word 'awesome' at least once in every sentence grates. Yes, appreciated, it's probably the optimism thing that we don't do (especially in Yorkshire) but the word just gets very overused.
I get very annoyed by the misuse of 'awesome', too. The thought of British people wishing everyone a nice day is another bone of contention. I surmise although we speak the same language, our very different cultures are to blame. To say we do not like Americans is a very sweeping statement. Our different cultures must also annoy Americans at times. I remember way back during the second World War, we youngsters were very impressed by the American servicemen stationed in Britain, American films etc. This new country seemed an exceptionally glamorous place compared to poor old Britain!
I think most of my negative feelings towards America are less about the people and more about the system. Compared to most western countries America has more inequality, a worse political system, worse access to health care, mental health support, benefits, etc. I listen to a lot of American podcasts and I'm constantly shocked by how much worse things are in the US. Listening to 'Ear Hustle' for example made me aware of how utterly fucked up the American prison system is. Shocking. I thought European prisons were dehumanising but they're nothing compared to American norms. I've met lots of Americans who are fully aware of all of those things but I have also met lots of Americans who were patriotic in a way I've never heard anyone else speak about their country. As a German who has been living in the UK for over a decade that kind of patriotism feels super uncomfortable. It's interesting that extremes kept coming up in the video. It made me realise that my feelings about America are pretty polarised as well. I think of breathtaking natural landscapes, warm hospitality but at the same time of oppressive Christianity, extreme conservatism... Lots of the people I look up to, who have shaped who I am today are American. Musicians like Big Thief, Sufjan Stevens or Ethel Cain, writers like Audre Lorde and even RUclipsrs like ContraPoints.
Hmmm... I guess you mean Sargassum spec. and Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria often found on latter. Well, yes, strolling on Mexicos and Floridas beaches gets a special.. kick now.
Before the internet we read books!!! preferably from different viewpoints, and then we made our own personal decisions. Don't rely on the media, big or small. 🙂
Extremes positions are good for politicians. It tends to make it easier to tell them what they want to hear, and they tend to be motivated, (emotion can be a resource to tap). Besides, if they are against your opponent and you only have two choices then they are going to keep coming back. That means you don't really have to do anything for them, just string them along and put your resources to groups that have other recourse, or resources but not the patience for the political patter. A fun exercises can be to compare what policies and priorities are discussed by the same politician to very different groups, especially when there is very little overlap between the two. Press statements compared to private donor fundraisers are usually good examples.
I’m European and I love Americans but I am in the Channel Islands so we only get the posh ones 😹😹😹 I have friends in America and am intelligent enough to realise you can’t stereotype a nation. Unfortunately the 2016 election made many lose total respect. I didn’t know Southpark was Canadian. I honestly can’t tell the difference between American and Canadian accent. Oh yes as someone just said the anti abortion laws yet you have more guns than people is a huge point. In my personal experience I’ve met lovely Americans- not arrogant like some Americans in media. I love you two! You are soooooooooo laid back😹😹😹😹
Matey in the video (with glasses) should also realise that there is a general crises of identity in the western world at the moment. This is probably contributing to his anxiety.
I feel sorry for the US Americans. You're stuck with some things from 100 years ago. Not a good social system. Without social health insurance. No worker rights (vacation, continued payment of wages...). Free education. They take on debt and work, they take on more debt and work more. Like the farmers in the Middle Ages. They are "governed" by two parties, as was known at the end of the monarchy in Europe. Many people still have the same moral ideas as they did 100 years ago. They still have to protect themselves with firearms... It's really the case that people in Europe think that films like: The Handmaid's Tale, The Purge can become a reality in the USA. Not for the whole country but for parts of it...
😆😁😄😃😃 WTH 🤦♂️ This is funny. Yes Americans are all surfs. Where the heck did you derive that comment from lol. We are probably the only country on earth where that has never been true lol Sheesh and I thought we had bad education. Btw your posting on the internet created by Americans on an American companies platform. But yes we plow the fields when done posting lol silly
I appreciate that this video provides a little bit of pushback against the comments from Europeans by acknowledging that they have some blind spots in their knowledge on America. Most other creators blindly agree with everything someone says then regurgitates it. And for the Europeans in the comments blaming Americans for the politicians we have in office, they need to hold themselves accountable for the right gaining power in Europe as well and also their economic dependence on the US.
La ultraderecha que dices que esta ganando poder en europa, es la misma que ha gobernado muchas veces en el suyo. A ver por que crees que su país derroco democracias e instalo a sus dictadores en el poder? Por que apoyo regimenes dictatoriales en muchos otros paises (españa, portugal,iran,cuba, panamà,kuwait,afganistan,etc)? Por que niños de 14 años son considerados maduros para ajusticiarlos con la pena de muerte, pero no lo son para beber alcohol hasta los 21años, ni para votar hasta no se que edad? Por que alguien que cumpla una condena por un delito leve se considera que ya cumplio con el castigo que la sociedad le requeria, pero queda marcado para conseguir trabajo (por ejemplo) para siempre? Por que las empresas tienen mas derechos que las personas? Por que con la excusa de la educacion en casa y con las supuestas escuelas dominicales, se permite que se adoctrine a niños y niñas que acaban pensando que jesucristo era americano y hablaba ingles? supongo que tambien acaban creyendo que llevaba un fusil de asalto r-15 bajo la sotana (para matar como Dios manda y no esas armas de herejes como la scar ,el famas ,el ak47, etc)
22:00 The values & policies of conservatism vary wildly depending on the country & time. Conservatism can take many forms such as; Liberal conservatism, Religious conservatism, Progressive conservatism, Fiscal conservatism, etc. An example of different policy views is that the Swedish conservative party wants to make abortion a constitutional right for women. This is not something you wouldn't hear from the US Republicans.
once I went to a party with Americans. They talked about themselves and friends but these "friends" seemed insignificant. Americans in general don't listen and learn new things like they do over here in France. There is nothing more rewarding.
I am 47 and french , i was google shearch in my youth when google didnt exist , i was reading and learning about every subject a little to be able to talk of everything , now i feel obsolete any moron with a i phone can have all the knowledge . i'm just happy to see the young generation not able to use the huge pile of information without going for tutorials ^^
@@Taalzen bah ca me fait rigoler oui si ils sont incapable de se servir de leur cerveau c'est le juste retour de baton de leur manque de jugeote , combien lisent encore des livres ,des roman , ou cherchent le sens des mots sans aller sur google , le jour ou internet disparait on as une portion de la population qui est incapable de rien ; par choix ... ils decident de pas se fouller . ceux qui s'eduquent ne sont pas affectés et se demerderons tjrs , et je n'ais aucune incidence sur cet etat de fait c'est a eux de se bouger . Moi j'ai fait des efforts et j'ai 0 souci ils ne veulent pas en faire et je devrais compatir mais lol
Guys, I don't think you can make such a neat separation between politicians and the people. After all, politicians are part of the people, they came from American homes, schools, churches, businesses and Americans vote for them time and again. The strange idea that the government is something separate, removed from actual people and not to be trusted is so American that most Americans can't see the simple truth that politicians are actually a statistically relevant sample of the population. For heck's sake, over 70 million of you have watched Trump for four goddamn years, listened to him, read his abysmal tweets, saw him bully the weak, the fallen, the downtrodden, listened to him making nasty, tasteless jokes of every decent human feeling and then thought "yeah, that's my kind of guy, I'll vote for him again". Seventy million plus change, that's almost four times the entire population of my country! Now that is scary. Not Trump, he's a douchelord, but he's just one person. His voters, those who like him not in spite of who he is but precisely because of who he is. They see themselves, their own values, feelings and thoughts in him. Let's be clear, I don't generalize, I've spent three years in the USA, I know and like many Americans, I have friends there to this day. I think the USA is actually two nations locked inside the same country. One of them very normal, very similar to people from other Western countries. The other one though has values and morals that have more in common with the past centuries: fundamentalist religious fanatics, patriarchal Christian Talibans, gun nuts, utterly ignorant hillbillies who are actually proud of their ignorance, people who belittle intelligence, their ego bloated to immense size by their sense of American superiority. More or less openly racist, bigoted. There are those who think The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopia and those to whom it's a utopia. Sometimes I think you should have let the South secede.
In 2022, Europeans made up 10% of the 46.2 million immigrants living in the United States, which is just over 4.7 million people. In 2022, 76,221 Americans moved to the European Union Hm
Nice commentary. I wanna add the following; We europeans don't get to interact with people from the United States a lot and if we do we mostly really like the interactions with you beyond a few outliers who, to us, can act very oddly or ignorant. What we do get to see and "interact" with on a daily basis is your foreign policies. For the longest time we saw what you did in the middle-east etc. and as said in the video, we see how you present yourself on the internet. Your entire country suffers from being basically almost the size of Europe, yet Europe gets judged entirely different since we are a collection of individual countries. Therefore we get to be judged per country, while you are not offered the same "respect" of being judged state by state, although it would actually be more fair to do so. So when we think of the USA we do not seperate Texas and California etc., all of you are just the USA to us. Thus when we see you carpet bombin civillians in the middle-east, to us, it's all of you, no matter which state you are from, doing that and appearing to be in support of these acts. I personally am terrified of the USA, you are one of the closest allies to Europe, yet your values and foreign policies do not seem to align AT ALL with our values and virtues. Coupled with the fact that we see people such as Logan Paul as legitimate representatives of your people really doesn't help your case.
As a portuguese who knows americans, i know not all americans are the same, but it's like the almost universal bad reputation of cab drivers... stereotypes sometimes make sense and generalizations ar inevitable.because there are so many americans that cause a bad impression in some foreign countries (most of the times it's not really their fault...). The american culture and politics are going the the opposite direction of most of the developed countries and that only helps for this perception of americans in the world.
I think people tend to be critical of the country/system/culture of the USA more than its people. Yes, you have someone like Trump who was elected by nearly 63 million Americans in 2016. In 2020, more than 74.2 million people voted for Trump. That means at least 74.2 million people eligible to vote in the USA agree with him, which is a significant minority. It makes sense for Europeans to consider that voter turnout. Conversely, Americans don't typically seem to know much about other world leaders, including here in Europe, so it wouldn't make sense for them to talk about leaders they've never heard of. US election coverages are just more pervasive and present in Europe and other parts of the world than vice versa. When's the last time US media spoke about the French presidential election for example?
Macrons snap election almost backfired. The Brit’s are on brink of civil war. Trump told Angela about Nordstream and dependence on Russia and ironically it was Biden who blew it up. Same nonsense propaganda to divide is being spewed across EU no different the US. But at least we are awake now. When will the EU wake up?
Europe has a culture, they have song, dance, architecture and food and they are proud of it. The US has, Levi's jeans, McDonalds, mass shootings, guns and bombs and you are proud of it?
Hi, i'm from Denmark, the US has culture too, song, music, all kinds of genres, jazz, blues, rap, pop and rock, etc. this is culture. That is indeed something to be proud of, you seem ignorant, who are you to deny that the US has culture, which it has. You think american citizens are proud of mass shootings, levi jeans and mcdonalds? You know that is a gross assumption. These kinds of comments are just as ignorant as ignorant americans can be.
We actually judge each other and other countries based on the politicians of each a lot. I think Americans just do not realize this because they are kind of closed off from world politics, so they do not have easy media access to such politicians and the stereotypes they attach to their own people.
We dont hate Americans, but there is some stereotypes of americans we kind of dislike! Its rather this.. US have for a verry long time proved that they are Europes friend! And then its probably more about US citicens that not knowing anything outside there own comfort zone? I wonder if it have to do with that US is a multi cultur/language country, the biggest settler group in USA is Germans.. put in scandinavians.. germanic should be your native language??? But the elite was English, (another germanic language), they didnt like to pay taxes to England, and you keept all the laws and rules frome "Good old England" even after you got your independens! Its a bit strange?? For me it seems you got stuck there 1776, when Europe have moved on, to an "American way of living", introduced by USA!
As a dane with a lot of american friends, i`ll just say that "dislike americans" is not a title i`m crazy about🙂 we have great news and great correspondents overthere, so we do understand that it`s a big country, and that an american from Alabama screaming Phraise the Lord and i hate socialists, isn`t the same as an american living in San Fransisco or New York🙂
Conservatives are people that dont want changes. Liberals want to change for better. You can be democrat and conservative and you can be republican and liberal. The big problem is to confuse politics with religion.
We can differentiate between US politicians and the people. We also know that there are nice open people like you. Not all of them are MAGA and crazy. But Reagan, Bush jr. and Trump were elected by many people (majority? Cough). And when I look at the GOP candidates omg.🐵
I think it's important to differenciate between the american people and the political/social system, they live in. The majority are "normal" people, that are friendly, welcoming and warmhearted. What I personally don't like, is people that show exaggerated patriotism, are prude, are racist or at least evangelical. Unfortunately this minority has a lot of influence and is even louder than the majority. I have some american friends and really like hanging around with them. From a political/social aspect, in my opinion the US are a failed state, but that hasn't anything to do with the individual. These guys have to deal with the crap system they live in day by day and I'm not jealous about them, as wouldn't like it either.
for what its worth i dont know anyone that hates americans, we definitely dislike the way your country treats its people and the politics and nosnense news though. The republicans in ireland were the ones to fight for gay rights and stuff during the irish civil rights movement haha, we also generally like biden even with all the tiktok clips of him sleeping and saying dumb stuff. You were also talking about countries being different is a positive, i agree, part of what the EU does is set targets and rules for countries, like 'every citizen must have easy and affordable access to healthcare' and the country can choose how to achieve this, so any method that works is fine. Some choose universal care some choose goverment subsidised etc as long as the goal is met and verified by eu inspectors then youre good.
It's already in für question itself : in case a french , german , danish .... Individual will describe himself es european , it implicates that people from other nations will claim the same origin as well . How disturbing does it feels for US citizens if a jamaican , columbian , cuban .... will state that he is American ???? The attitude behind this mindset is already god for my first dislike .
@10:48 Until they learn otherwise, can you really blame them for thinking your politicians represent the average American? I mean it is a representative democracy of sorts. They also get way more screen time than say some rando on the bus. ...there's also the issue that the American political parties can be hard to distinguish from the outside based on policies and action. It can seem like you only have coke and diet coke to choose from. It can make people think everyone there loves coke.
I dont dislike americans as a european. USA is a great country with many nice people. I have much respect for the US. Its just cultural differences. And i mean the nature in the US is great. I would like to go there again soon.
@18:12 Not far off at all. Common language, many common ancestors, heavily integrated economy, culture, and for a large part dependent on the US defense. And, for the most part our population hugs the boarder like the nation is huddling up to the US for warmth. That's why many Canadians have an interest in the US, we inevitably get influenced by our giant neighbor.
I mean, if you’re a democracy, you can pretty much judge people based on their politicians. The politicians don’t grow in the woods they are reflection of society
Yeah, the thing is that america is not a democracy, its more like an oligarchy. But of course if americans still think they are a democracy we can say : Hey over 50% of you have voted for Trump a while ago, so at least 50% of americans must be totally stupid idiots.
The word democracy in this context is a bit like a sales painting of a car , better don't watch it from underneath
Yes, thank you! It’s annoying to me when people try to blame all of a country’s problems on the politicians as if none of them voted for these people. You may not have voted for the jerks who got elected, but people need to push for change at the grass roots level to prevent people like that from getting into office in the future.
Not really true. US citizens can vote themselves into oblivion but money has the power and buys the policy.
That seems unfair. It's not like they have a lot of choices. They have fallen into a stable two party system. Strategic voting within a first-past-the-post plurality voting system makes the creation of an alternative party inherently self-sabotaging for any issues they campaign on. Run a progressive campaign and you are more likely to steal votes from democrats making a republican victory more likely; for example. So the public at large is largely dependent on one of those institutions to choose the choices for the public. So the people representing the public need not come from the public. You can choose people who will be minimally burdened or actively benefit from the kind of policies the parties want their members to legislate. You pick the right tools for the job, then let the public chose a brand so they feel like they are contributing. Plus, it's expensive to campaign in both time an money. That kinda loops back to the money in politics issue they have, but it also means someone living paycheck to paycheck is not going to have the time or money to run for office or lobby someone who can; and that reaches back to their lack options when it comes to choosing a representative. Don't judge people based on their governments, most of the time it's not their fault where they are born.
I think you misunderstand about being disliked for "being happy". I think it is more about the insincere fake smile and constant "have a nice day" comments. It seems so forced and fake and Europeans don't respond so well to the insincerity. That was one of the reasons that Walmart failed so hard in Germany.
Indeed, we like honesty over the "service with a smile" approach that alot of american companies have.
Yeah Europe's pretty dull and depressing.
Except we ARE sincere when we say it. What it seems to be from your perspective is completely different from the intent.
I’ve heard so many Europeans saying that most of the time they don’t say things like that to each other, but In the US it’s our way of being polite and we are very sincere when we say “have a great day” give a little smile and wave if someone looks at you it’s just the custom it’s not forced or anything. From stories I’ve heard it sounds like they just aren’t used to having random strangers do stuff like that
@@DruncanUK if someone says have a nice day here it’s said with much much sarcasm lol. And sure there are insincere people everywhere (soccer moms) but when someone walks by and there’s eye contact sure we will crack a warm smile maybe. Or in an elevator with a small hey but I think of it as a sign we acknowledge the other person as a person. It goes a long way sometimes.
Ps teen girls seeing their friends…. That’s genuine lol
In my opinion Americans always make a big deal out of little things, they exaggerate. And I don’t like that some things are rubbing off to our society. Take a gender reveal party by expecting parents, or a baby shower. And don’t get me started on weddings. It has to be bigger than others had, at more beautiful venues than others had, with more guests than others had, more romantic than others etc. Everything has to go flawless and because of that you have rehearsals, crazy. And a lot of Americans react crazy when they hear a surprise, like a daughter’s pregnancy or a soldier son coming home from deployment. Running around screaming, or plummeting to the floor and cry and scream, so exaggerated, like they play a role in a tv comedy series.
It’s how we celebrate things. You guys are always talking about how Americans are like this, but that’s just us being expressive and happy. We want to show that we care that we love one another in the biggest and brightest ways because that makes us feel good, it’s all about the hospitality. Americans love showing love. But what you’re describing IS what is shown on tv or something. Because no one truly acts like this in America and if they do it will be heavily judged and criticized. We know what crazy people are
As a comment already stated. People of a country always say "don't judge us on our political leaders." But these are the people the majority of the population chose to represent them - therefore are a reflection of the citizens.
Yes, but most importantly, America could be leaded by flesh eating nazi lizard mutants for all we care, if it wasn't THE MOST POWERFUL INFLUENCIAL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. IT would be fine if it had the cultural and financial impact of Cyprus.
Honestly, I think their elections are shady at best. Not to mention the politicians. 🙄
Except if the country in question has an election system that deliberately favours the governing party using various counting and evaluating methods/exceptions sanctioned by law. This phenomenon is very wide spread in Eastern Europe.
I'm from Rome, Italy. Every year we welcome millions of tourists. I can tell you that American tourists fall into two categories. Fifty percent are wonderful tourists, respectful of the culture and the place they are in. The other fifty percent, however, think they are in an amusement park. They think that by paying, they can do whatever they want without respecting the people and the place they are in. I can assure you that this high percentage (50%) of rude people is not found in any other group of tourists. This makes you very unpopular and has little to do with your country's politics.
I disagree that it has little to do with US politics in the sense that American feel entitled because they are backed by the might of their government. They think they can do whatever they want without serious consequences because their government will come to their rescue and no-one wants to mess with the mighty USA. I don't know whether this is true in all cases or whether it's the personal perception of a few ignorant people. However, even if only indirectly, I think their politics does count for some of the attitudes we see from American tourists.
There is another video where an American is asking British people why they dislike people from the US, and almost all said they liked Americans as individuals, but quite a few disliked the diversive stance of the politicians, the erosion of human rights, particularly abortion decisions, and singled out Trump: they found it difficult to understand how he can be worshiped by so many when he is so dishonest and self serving.
What about the Iraq war? American politicians have always been corrupt and immoral and constantly causing wars and meddling in other countries!
Yes I agree with that comment. Trump certainly put people off - he reminds me of a very dumb, unintelligent fat version of Hitler😂
Europe has stricter abortion laws than much of the US.
Hate is a strong word, I would say we are disappointed or disillusioned.
We used to admire the US and took a lot of inspiration from there. In Europe we have always had a lot of information about the US in our news. And many of us has visited US multiple time.
However, something has happened and we have become disillusioned.
America's reputation has deteriorated in recent decades. The 2016 presidential election and its preceding election campaign were a disaster for America's reputation in the rest of the world! The following presidential therm did not help!
Yeah, we're very disappointed you guys didn't win in
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😂😂u can't even say why trump was awful yet he somehow was we had the lowest amount of unemployment with him
@@zionnichols7710He is a dishonest bussinessman. Even now, his own supporters are being tricked with the donations. He would hire "the best" people, just to fire them all. If a boss has to fire somany, its probably a crap employer. Hired kusner who walked away with 2 billion from saudies, ivanka with 41 chinese trademarks. Shouldnt have hired them in the 1st place. He blames everybody around but never looks in a mirror, i suspect he doesnt have a reflection😂. He called fallen soldiers suckers and losers. We have a few cemetaries full of my heroes, your soldiers! He got sent away by 60+ judges and is still claiming he lost without showing any evidence. Jan 6 was him, we must fight like hell. He fucked up corona, hell, more americans would be alive today if Clinton was pos. He wanted to screw with healthcare in the pandemic...wth. He doesnt treat people right, ask his old contractors or the scottish people. He is in general disliked around the world, not respected maybe feared(a little bc people like gen. Millie are behind him) bc he is an imprictable lunatic. He is disrectfull to women, grab em by the p, would date his own daughter?!?! He is a whining playground bully.
@@AudieHolland wish I could say our politicians were not corrupted but they are by the military industrial complex along with big pharmaceutical companies, and so on.
We took out Iraq in 26 days when they had a 1.3 m man army. Longer the war more money people make. Not proud of this as an American but we know it must end.
Why? First time no new wars. Abraham accords.criminal justice reform. Energy independence first time ever. Geo growing at a rate 30% higher. Immigration in check. NATO paying their obligations. Hardest sanctions on Russia ever. Solamani gone. Iran broke. Never could have funded hamas in that state. Dollar sound. No toppling of governments.
is your argument that things were worse?
It does appear to me that Americans abroad want to be actively liked, and when they are treated neutrally they take that as being disliked. Maybe that's down to the culture of false enthusiasm and friendliness that permeates a lot of social interaction (led by retail) in the States that has become part of the national personality (sort of), so the European more neutral attitudes comes over as negative in comparrison.
There's also a culture of mickey taking in Europe (especially the UK) where we poke fun at people that is not as common so much in the US, except maybe for very close friends who can get away with it, and this may be taken as disliking when done by people you have not known for long, but it is one of the ways we get to know you, especially from your reaction.
Definitely think this is part of it
This may be true but there’s is still definitely a general anti-American sentiment in Europe. It’s not extreme, but it is there.
@@-caspo-definitely it is there and I share it. For good reasons.
@@tatjanaflugel396 Well I hope you overcome your prejudice.
@@-caspo- my feelings do not root in prejudices, but in year long observations of a nation that tries to controll the whole world while hardly being able to tie up their own shoe lashes. So there is no "prejudice" to overcome. I just stay away. Makes my life really easy
Hi there from Portugal. Speaking for myself of course, but I don't think we hate Americans per se. I guess we hate the apparent predisposition to violence, the lack of common sense ( health service, anyone?), and the increasing censorship stances (i.e., forbidding certain books in certain states, therefore hindering critical thinking.), That's absolutely a no-no for me. This is just what we hear out here, although we know we shouldn't generalise...Again, this is what's being sold to us, for better or worse
Tbf I think your opinion is biased I don't think u know the actual system n the ins n outs it's definitely better then your thinking
The Netherlands, where I live, is considered to be a christian country, but here religion is personal and not so prominent in society. I heard "in The Netherlands we have not only freedom of religion, but also freedom from religion" and I think that's a good thing. Exceptions are there of course, but over all we just get along, religious (from what ever religion) or not.
In Scotland members of the Sihk community in Glasgow ran a food bank from a Baptist church hall during lock down, there are a group here that don't like other people having other religions yet that's not reflective of the greater nation for most its a private thing and its not something that comes up in conversation, you can tell on twitter and places, people put their religion,politics and sexuality in their bios in America, here those things don't define us, we might put our job or hobbies.
Why do I not like the USA, not America, the USA? When I was 5, i.e. 70 years ago, I realised that they do not take responsibility for their negative actions. The usa still doesn't.
I think about the ''judging based off the president'' is due to the fact that the usa is closed off so they don't talk about presidents of other countries. Especially the media. Like I know here (in france) we talk about political leaders quite a lot (especially the elections)
Also obviously the main presidential impact is trump BUT I feel like the way Biden and the government or whatever deal with Ukraine is ... like too much. I mean the media here are debating it a lot and it feels like the US are trying to play the saviors again which is annoying because, as always, they are a part of why it escalated on the first place. And macron doesn't help either because he's clearly whipped by the USA and the eu and we don't necessarily like it AT ALL.
G'day Guys! OK so I am Australian...I worked in Brazil, Argentina & Uruguay in the late 70's/80's and the reason the people there don't like "Yanquis" is because the CIA et al did so much to prop up the fascist dictatorships there... People here don't dislike US citizens per se but let's face it alm 80 million voters almost half of votes cast in 2020 were for Trump and we look at that and wonder how stupid can those people be? We see Republicans, some not all, who we would describe as borderline fascists just looked at as "conservatists" the electoral system is one of the least democratic in the Western world. Does an independent body set electoral boundaries? NO! Do the various "secretaries" get elected by the people? NO!!! Sadly people like yourselves who WANT to learn do not appear to be the majority over there... Cheers!
As appealing as "spreading democracy" sounds, managing a vassal is a lot easier with an authoritarian regime in charge.
what? XD us literally had the best president in years that fixed unemployment rates, decreased racial tension, stopped wars and prevented them, and they exchanged that for an old senile warmonging puppet
With the Internet and Social Media i think a lot of opinions now are based more on regular people rather than politicians. You get to experience more of an unfiltered version of people regardless of where they are from.
Media bubbles can become anger and hate inducing echo chambers. A lot of social media is just people echoing other media through their own biases. I mean if I had editorial influence at one of the corporate networks I'm pretty confident I could at least stir some discussion in a few social networks. Attention is a finite resource. If you were to somehow reduce people's free time, or occupy more of peoples available attention, then you could ostensibly have a lot of influence over what people think about. I think people underestimate how many of their opinions were given to them rather than formed from their own personal experience.
@@ravenward626 A lot of people are lazy when it comes to things they read. And its not that difficult to look things up before having a fit about it. A lot of people only read headlines and what people around them say. They never even bother to read the article. Or look for different perspectives. I stay away from Facebook and Twitter because those are some of the worst places.
You are right, before the internet only could consume "Pro America" movies, music (videos), etc. Everything was meant to make Americans feel good about their country and themself. And the rest of the world consumed the same media basically glorifying the USA. With the internet more (unfiltered) opinions and a more realistic view of America is presented.
If you read a local newspaper in Europe, you will always find a large section with international news. In the US people are less informed. And your attitude is different as well. You mentioned that thanks to the internet you now can get access to all that information. As a German I was used to hearing these news every day through local radio stations or public tv stations. Even the private channels have adopted this news culture because everybody was used to it since the late fifties of the last century. And even these days, if I read something in the social media, I will check whether the public news service confirms the information before assuming it to be true. And since these media are controlled by a large group of different organisations they are rather reliable.
The biggest problem with some Americans is their exceptionalist self-image. Either "we are the greatest country in the world" or "all we do is fuck up the world". Neither is true. The things, that make America great, like economy, military and technological innovations don't matter all that much for the average citizen. For them stuff like housing, healthcare, education and crime are more important in their day to day life. And those are the things the US does worse than any other developed nation. And while the US foreign policy certainly isn't perfect, some people take it to the extreme and say it is all bad. That's not true either. NATO is a good thing, international cooperation is a good thing and keeping agressive superpowers like Russia or China in check is also a good thing.
We do NOT dislike Americans, we just wonder how this could happen
I don't think Europeans dislike Americans. People from Canada or Mexico are also Americans. They have done nothing wrong.
But we don't like the ignorance and the attitude of some people of the US, in particular the attitude to be god's chosen country and the whole world has to revolve around. For example, when US Americans ask an Englishman what language they speak in England... I just have no sympathy for idiots like that.
And we don't like the fake friendlyness the fake smiles. That US-Americans do one moment, as they will be your best friend, and the other moment they forget you exist.
Growing up in a tourist town, pre Internet and social media, US citizens only seemed to travel in tours and always a bit confused about where they were, history, currency, etc. The Japanese also favoured the lightening speed tour of Europe, but even with a language barrier, had done their research and understood.
Nowadays, even with the Internet and social media, you get a few more independent travellers from the US, but as a generalisation, not much more research. Amazes me even more now that I know that PTO is limited, precious time, yet all that money spent with no research!
Final note, the mass shootings, the right to bear arms is so important to some, and these same people are anti abortion. I can't get my head around the people backing these policies, and any protest is given up after a week!
16:30 every country has stereotypes inside of it 😅 in Italy stereotypes range between provinces 50km distant to each other.. in my region (Veneto) for example we have a little song that emphasizes stereotypes among the region like Venice is rich and Padua is full of doctors..
You know. I hear you saying we judge you because of your politicians. And you obviously don’t think that’s fair. But realistically what is anyone doing about it. Like, WHAT?
I think its more about that Americans don't care about europe and their culture not knowing anything they still have opinion about something they dont know and its irritating to people from that countries it's making Americans look selfish and rude .Sometimes if you don't know you just ask and people will help you understand but they don't do that, they saying stuff without thinking about the meaning or people who may they offend.
If America didn’t have to pay for Europes national defense last 70 years do you k ow where we would be? Selfish? Wow. Europeans enjoyed spending their money on their citizens while we policed the world for peace. America left its citizens behind and on verge of bankruptcy for the sake of “globalism”. Who’s selfish here?
I'm European, Conservative, and Gay 😂 here to be a conservative is like to be a liberal.over there 😂
I think the internet has had a much bigger effect on Americans than it has on anyone else worldwide. America has been a net exporter of culture for a long time while only really importing small amounts of culture from other countries - music from UK, food from Mexico maybe a little film noir from France. That was about it until the internet opened the world up to everyone which I find weird considering USA is a county of immigrants.
Meanwhile European countries (even Britain which keeps itself fairly culturally isolated) have always had a history of influences from the many different countries they are in close proximity to. I presume the same happens on the other continents.
So while the world shrank for everyone as the internet grew, it really looked from the outside as if many of the Americans I interacted with back then were slowly discovering that the rest of the world wasn't just a smaller, poorer old fashioned version of America and didnt in fact particularly look up to them or down on them very much at all (individual ameriphiles/ameriphobes notwithstanding).
The best metaphor I can come up with is America was absolutely convinced it was the universally popular kid at school until it listened in on the group chat and found out that it was mid popular and American people (not government) still seem to be struggling to come to terms with that.
Sure sometimes the perception of America is about your government but usually it isn't. Especially since every aspect of the english speaking internet is massively dominated by Americans. The rest of the world gets to interact with alot more Americans than Americans do with people from the rest of the world.
I think a good way of saying something close to what you're saying is maybe that Americans often more than other people just assume that they/their culture/their mindset is some kind of "default" rather than just one out of many.
I think your metaphor is spot on!
We don't hate Americans , more indifferent or irritated by them? Would be more accurate.
Hay una frase en castellano o español que dice: seria la novia en la boda, el niño en el bautizo y el muerto en el entierro. Pues eso cree que es EEUU y muchos de sus ciudadanos tambien lo creen.
Actually, most Americans are fairly oblivious to what other people think. We have generally favorable views of other countries (see various surveys by Gallop and Pew). Moreover, Americans are generally oblivious and indifferent to what is going on in other states of the US. People in California aren’t thinking about the Midwest or the South or New England, etc. And vice versa. It’s not that we think universe revolves around us, many of us don’t think about the rest of the world. Most Americans would be really surprised to learn that our movies and TV shows popular outside of the US. We really don’t think about it.
yes, Europeans tend to answer based on political view and news. However, I would agree with some of their points and it's connected to my own experience traveling to US and interacting with people there... And again people will judge every other country - just ask😂
As a brit and having been to America many many times together with staying in a lot of the States, have found Americans to be the opposite of what is perceived. They very friendly,helpful, kind and good fun to be with, only one person, ever was so rude and pushed me to my limit was in New York. Lucky for him he was behind a glass barrier. So it seems there is always one, ready to spoil the image. I loved my stay in the States and had many good times with Americans, who like me enjoyed good food and excitement- got them finally to appreciate a good beer!! There are some really good real ales in the USA forget Coors and Budweiser! Still in touch with many of the families. As a side note, take it from me, the people are not a reflection of their politicians, quite the opposite in fact. Its just like us in the UK we vote between a rock and a hard place, our systems are becoming very undemocratic. Me? I'm off down the pub, trying forget those idiots who pretend that they are helping us.
The "enlightend" americans and those who travel abroad are not the issue. It's the MAGA people and those who think like them who ruin the image....and also politicians.
I live in Indonesia. I'm Indonesian. My first encounter with an American, I've got several fvcc yous in my face. I was a chef trainee in a hotel restaurant and he was ordering quite a detailed way of how to cook his eggs. It was a particularly crowded breakfast service and I had many specific ways of cooking the guests' eggs in hand before his. Mind you, he was finally in the restaurant because he was already making a ruckus of how the effin stupid front desk person forgot to wake him up (which he didn't ask for a wake-up call in the first place). So he was there a good 10 minutes past the breakfast time limit. I didn't forgot what he ordered (omelette of three eggs with only two of the yolks, only salt no pepper, with some onions). I was making the order that came 2 orders before his, but he was in front of me already asking for his eggs. Not even 3 minutes have passed since he was asking for it. I was completely flabbergasted because he was just starting to say rude things and make negative remarks about me and how I'm fat lol and he topped it off with a few fvcc yous for good measure
So yeah. Not exactly a joyous meeting..
1 American out of a diverse country of 335,000,000 is not a statistically significant sample. Should I assume all 278,000,000 Indonesians make snap judgments?
People dont travel places because the politics are different they travel for geography and culture.
I personally only ever visit places for the geography.
in Europe you only even get to know the Americans who made the effort on getting a passport, are able to get time off work and can afford to travel intercontinentally. that already is a huge bias in what type of Americans you can interact with f2f. I only met an American couple once: in Thailand on a booked trip around Phuket. as expected they were super nice, open-minded and we had a good chat during the car drives.
Being conservative and liberal at the same time means you are just a moderate. Or a centrist as we usually call it here in Poland. I always thought this is the healthiest place to be politically. Trying to see reason on both sides and avoding any crazy extremes.
I can't understand Europeans that look down on Americans thinking they are so much better. Most Europeans haven't met most Americans or vice versa, same with the rest of the world, so basically we know jack shit bout each other. As far as my experience goes considering Americans; most were wonderful, very helpful and super friendly people and I noticed very little differences between people from west and east coast or those from the 'fly-over-states'.
That’s good to hear! 🙏🏻 we’re glad you’ve had good experiences with us haha
Dudo que vayan a reaccionar a un video llamado: hay de todo en todas partes,unas mejores y otras peores. Creo que hablar de obviedades es muy poco interesante aparte de no enseñar nada. Si en este tipo de debate,no generalizamos, adiós debate. Gracias por vuestro trabajo, a pesar de tener que leer subtitulos automàticos de youtube, me divierto , aprendo y entretengo mucho con ustedes
Hi from Sweden 🇸🇪 Personally I find Americans to be generally nice people. However as a country it seems like the US is loosing it. Looking in from the outside you only see the polarisation, the loud extremes.
Going to check out the vlog channel now, peace and love ❤
We like americans... Your ancestors is from here...i only been to New York city... People there where amazing so helpful.. IF we where looking at a map, they rushed to help US out..
In the 80s and 90s I read books and furthered my education, now I spend far too much time watching funny videos of animals. 😂
Damn, he has a good grasp on the french language, i'm impressed...
It's not as if Europeans fundamentally dislike every single U.S. citizen. It's more the case that there are an incredible number of aspects of the U.S. that Europeans simply don't like. I personally can't understand how one can live under all these burdens, as I would call these aspects. For me, that would be no life, only survival.
What I as a European absolutely cannot understand is the fact that many US Americans have resigned themselves to the conditions in their country, even if they would like to change them.
The U.S. has absolutely no demonstration culture, the citizens just accept everything. Only when it comes to their beloved money do they take to the streets. Occupy Wall Street was the largest protest movement in North America in 2011.
Everything else you just have to accept and survive.
@@LHLH78 apart from BLM and woke agenda, gun violence and crazy people (even celebrities), bad systems inside your country (social rights, workers rights, false democracy etc...) ? i haven't seen much protest in the US these years on subjects that REALLY matter, even on the internet. these days, hollywood writers are on strike to be paid even more for crap stories, before that there was black live matter going overboard everywhere, and all the stuff between woke disney and the state, same with transgenders who wanted to take up arms against a law to protect children. so what kind of protest have you got over there wich was not completely insane ? legit question here !
Occupy Wall Street was a protest to limit the size of banks. What and where do you hear this stuff lol. Vast majority of Americans literally just life life. A bit arrogant to think otherwise while using our phones, internet, and platforms? lol begging you to post a link you’ve read to make you think this. Only so I can see what it is your being fed by the corporate media. Cause Frankly… it’s nuts 🥜
You, obviously, know very little about the US. I live near Washington, DC, and I can’t keep track of all the demonstrations. March for Life, March for Israel, Free Palestine, Rage Against the War Machine, Nurses’ March, Anti-Vax March. Climate Change, Gun Violence, Women’s March, etc. Say what you will about the Trump rioters on January 6th (and other dates), they certainly didn’t “accept everything”. These are just the demonstrations in DC in the past years that have drawn over a hundred thousand people.
More proof that Europeans are very ignorant about the US, but have very strong opinions about it.
Like a famous german comedian once said: "We should not fall into this superficial anti amercanism. But mine isn't superficial."
Volker Pispers if I‘m not wrong?
I’ll be sure to catch that Netflix special 🤥🤫
And none of us should fall into that sort of bigotry and prejudice towards another country, no matter how superior and self-satisfied it makes us feel.
American has exported it's pop culture to the UK at full speed since the 80s. It was hyper charged when the internet came along.
But before the internet there was music, sport, food, film & Hollywood, TV programmes, reality shows & TV series flowing into the coutry. All of this media rubs off onto the psyche of Briton's as they grow up. This has much more of an influence of our views on the average American.
*I fully appreciate that there is no such thing as an average american in any way whatsoever!
It hard to generalize US and EU, bc they are just to big. But the list of positieve and negative aspects makes it more clear, I think. And unfortunately there are too many negative US aspects. And again,I appriciate this video.and your comment a lot.👍👍
I didn't know what a vlog was but I saw your thingy below and clicked on it and saw you on a video walking around, I was amazed to see you outside on legs, lol. I have subscribed and now look forward to seeing more of your great videos. Take care in CA. (U.K.)👍
Obviously every Country has their Stereotypes, Never change who you are as a person for anyone, as long as you're a good person then who cares what other people think.....Great video guys! From UK.
South Park isn't Canadian. Just that the writing staff has one Canadian writer on it.
And Ike is also Canadian! Don't forget about Ike 😆😌❣️
Good points and as a European i agree with all.. Mostly duo to USA tourists which are the absolute worst in my opinion(Obviously not "ALL" but a vast majority. What you say about judging USA Civillians based on their political leadership is true, but that happons to alot of Country's . Easy example: Russia and China..
You looked puzzled by the English woman saying we are not European, yes we have many Brits who are ignorant of their own history, talking stereotypes, Briths in us have a stereotype of being intelligent, yep it's a stereotype. For me, the Positives are the many reaction channels like yours which give more genuine insights
But in some countries like the UK we don’t directly choose our leader, we elect the party and they have their leader, so you can agree with the party and choose them, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you agree with or like the leader or think of him or her as a reflection
One of the reasons the rest of the world thinks Americans are weird and crazy is because they shout from the rooftops that the US is the best country in the world and 80% of them have never left the country and many haven't even left their home state. The rest of the world may also have the same percentage, but they don't say they are the best in the world. What many hate is the American political class and the slavers, not the anonymous citizen.
only canadian in southpark is 'ike' kyles brother, everyone else is from south park Colorado
Hello I'm French and I just wanted to let you know that I don't hate the Americans. Thinking that all the French do is just another stereotype;
In Germany, per capita consumption of raw pork is 5.2 kilograms or 11.5 pounds, and we have no health concerns because the standards are very high. ;)
South Park is based in Colorado, in the US 😆
I was also confused.
Certainly, here in Great Britain, politics is perceived as very separate from religion. The handful of politicians (or, indeed, other public figures), who have spoken about the effects of their religious beliefs on their politics have generally been sidelined and regarded as odd, if not a little dangerous. In the UK (with the possible exception of Northern Ireland) religion is considered a very private and personal thing and is seldom discussed publicly. In the US it appears, at least to outsiders, that politicians make a big public show of their religious beliefs
On a downer, sorry guys, to a grumpy middle aged bloke from Yorkshire at least, the US habit of loudly, repetitively and incorrectly using the word 'awesome' at least once in every sentence grates. Yes, appreciated, it's probably the optimism thing that we don't do (especially in Yorkshire) but the word just gets very overused.
I get very annoyed by the misuse of 'awesome', too. The thought of British people wishing everyone a nice day is another bone of contention.
I surmise although we speak the same language, our very different cultures are to blame.
To say we do not like Americans is a very sweeping statement. Our different cultures must also annoy Americans at times.
I remember way back during the second World War, we youngsters were very impressed by the American servicemen stationed in Britain, American films etc. This new country seemed an exceptionally glamorous place compared to poor old Britain!
I really like yours both point of view of many subjects, the channel is very interesting 💚
Politicians are a representative of your society
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I think most of my negative feelings towards America are less about the people and more about the system. Compared to most western countries America has more inequality, a worse political system, worse access to health care, mental health support, benefits, etc. I listen to a lot of American podcasts and I'm constantly shocked by how much worse things are in the US.
Listening to 'Ear Hustle' for example made me aware of how utterly fucked up the American prison system is. Shocking. I thought European prisons were dehumanising but they're nothing compared to American norms.
I've met lots of Americans who are fully aware of all of those things but I have also met lots of Americans who were patriotic in a way I've never heard anyone else speak about their country. As a German who has been living in the UK for over a decade that kind of patriotism feels super uncomfortable.
It's interesting that extremes kept coming up in the video. It made me realise that my feelings about America are pretty polarised as well. I think of breathtaking natural landscapes, warm hospitality but at the same time of oppressive Christianity, extreme conservatism...
Lots of the people I look up to, who have shaped who I am today are American. Musicians like Big Thief, Sufjan Stevens or Ethel Cain, writers like Audre Lorde and even RUclipsrs like ContraPoints.
You have a very distorted view of the US, but if it makes you feel superior, go with it.
Hmmm... I guess you mean Sargassum spec. and Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria often found on latter. Well, yes, strolling on Mexicos and Floridas beaches gets a special.. kick now.
Speaking of Yes Theory, one of that team was on the boat talking to Nathaniel, whom I also follow.
Before the internet we read books!!! preferably from different viewpoints, and then we made our own personal decisions. Don't rely on the media, big or small.
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We also have stereotypes in Europe, Western Europe vs Eastern Europe
Extremes positions are good for politicians. It tends to make it easier to tell them what they want to hear, and they tend to be motivated, (emotion can be a resource to tap). Besides, if they are against your opponent and you only have two choices then they are going to keep coming back. That means you don't really have to do anything for them, just string them along and put your resources to groups that have other recourse, or resources but not the patience for the political patter. A fun exercises can be to compare what policies and priorities are discussed by the same politician to very different groups, especially when there is very little overlap between the two. Press statements compared to private donor fundraisers are usually good examples.
I’m European and I love Americans but I am in the Channel Islands so we only
get the posh ones 😹😹😹 I have friends in America and am intelligent enough to realise you can’t stereotype a nation. Unfortunately the 2016 election made many lose total respect. I didn’t know Southpark was Canadian. I honestly can’t tell the difference between American and Canadian accent. Oh yes as someone just said the anti abortion laws yet you have more guns than people is a huge point. In my
personal experience I’ve met lovely Americans- not arrogant like some Americans in media. I love you two! You are soooooooooo laid back😹😹😹😹
Where I live, the Liberal Party is a conservative party, which is not the case in the States
I honestly miss the days when I'd wake up on a sunny day and walk to the shop to buy a newspaper...
we had ecoli on veggies called eheck. so its harsch all around
Matey in the video (with glasses) should also realise that there is a general crises of identity in the western world at the moment. This is probably contributing to his anxiety.
I feel sorry for the US Americans.
You're stuck with some things from 100 years ago.
Not a good social system. Without social health insurance. No worker rights (vacation, continued payment of wages...). Free education.
They take on debt and work, they take on more debt and work more. Like the farmers in the Middle Ages.
They are "governed" by two parties, as was known at the end of the monarchy in Europe.
Many people still have the same moral ideas as they did 100 years ago.
They still have to protect themselves with firearms...
It's really the case that people in Europe think that films like: The Handmaid's Tale, The Purge can become a reality in the USA. Not for the whole country but for parts of it...
😆😁😄😃😃 WTH 🤦♂️
This is funny. Yes Americans are all surfs. Where the heck did you derive that comment from lol. We are probably the only country on earth where that has never been true lol
Sheesh and I thought we had bad education. Btw your posting on the internet created by Americans on an American companies platform. But yes we plow the fields when done posting lol silly
I appreciate that this video provides a little bit of pushback against the comments from Europeans by acknowledging that they have some blind spots in their knowledge on America. Most other creators blindly agree with everything someone says then regurgitates it.
And for the Europeans in the comments blaming Americans for the politicians we have in office, they need to hold themselves accountable for the right gaining power in Europe as well and also their economic dependence on the US.
La ultraderecha que dices que esta ganando poder en europa, es la misma que ha gobernado muchas veces en el suyo. A ver por que crees que su país derroco democracias e instalo a sus dictadores en el poder? Por que apoyo regimenes dictatoriales en muchos otros paises (españa, portugal,iran,cuba, panamà,kuwait,afganistan,etc)? Por que niños de 14 años son considerados maduros para ajusticiarlos con la pena de muerte, pero no lo son para beber alcohol hasta los 21años, ni para votar hasta no se que edad? Por que alguien que cumpla una condena por un delito leve se considera que ya cumplio con el castigo que la sociedad le requeria, pero queda marcado para conseguir trabajo (por ejemplo) para siempre? Por que las empresas tienen mas derechos que las personas? Por que con la excusa de la educacion en casa y con las supuestas escuelas dominicales, se permite que se adoctrine a niños y niñas que acaban pensando que jesucristo era americano y hablaba ingles? supongo que tambien acaban creyendo que llevaba un fusil de asalto r-15 bajo la sotana (para matar como Dios manda y no esas armas de herejes como la scar ,el famas ,el ak47, etc)
22:00 The values & policies of conservatism vary wildly depending on the country & time. Conservatism can take many forms such as; Liberal conservatism, Religious conservatism, Progressive conservatism, Fiscal conservatism, etc. An example of different policy views is that the Swedish conservative party wants to make abortion a constitutional right for women. This is not something you wouldn't hear from the US Republicans.
Thanks!
once I went to a party with Americans. They talked about themselves and friends but these "friends" seemed insignificant. Americans in general don't listen and learn new things like they do over here in France. There is nothing more rewarding.
I am 47 and french , i was google shearch in my youth when google didnt exist , i was reading and learning about every subject a little to be able to talk of everything , now i feel obsolete any moron with a i phone can have all the knowledge .
i'm just happy to see the young generation not able to use the huge pile of information without going for tutorials ^^
tu es content de voir la jeune génération incapable d'apprendre sans des tutos ? vraiment ? super mentalité dis donc !
@@Taalzen bah ca me fait rigoler oui si ils sont incapable de se servir de leur cerveau c'est le juste retour de baton de leur manque de jugeote , combien lisent encore des livres ,des roman , ou cherchent le sens des mots sans aller sur google , le jour ou internet disparait on as une portion de la population qui est incapable de rien ; par choix ... ils decident de pas se fouller .
ceux qui s'eduquent ne sont pas affectés et se demerderons tjrs , et je n'ais aucune incidence sur cet etat de fait c'est a eux de se bouger .
Moi j'ai fait des efforts et j'ai 0 souci ils ne veulent pas en faire et je devrais compatir mais lol
I think as individuals Americans seem like good people but as a collective not so much .
I think the 'dislike' is that, it's such a young country that has done and caused so much already!
(From a negative point of view.)
Guys, I don't think you can make such a neat separation between politicians and the people. After all, politicians are part of the people, they came from American homes, schools, churches, businesses and Americans vote for them time and again.
The strange idea that the government is something separate, removed from actual people and not to be trusted is so American that most Americans can't see the simple truth that politicians are actually a statistically relevant sample of the population.
For heck's sake, over 70 million of you have watched Trump for four goddamn years, listened to him, read his abysmal tweets, saw him bully the weak, the fallen, the downtrodden, listened to him making nasty, tasteless jokes of every decent human feeling and then thought "yeah, that's my kind of guy, I'll vote for him again".
Seventy million plus change, that's almost four times the entire population of my country!
Now that is scary. Not Trump, he's a douchelord, but he's just one person. His voters, those who like him not in spite of who he is but precisely because of who he is.
They see themselves, their own values, feelings and thoughts in him.
Let's be clear, I don't generalize, I've spent three years in the USA, I know and like many Americans, I have friends there to this day.
I think the USA is actually two nations locked inside the same country.
One of them very normal, very similar to people from other Western countries.
The other one though has values and morals that have more in common with the past centuries: fundamentalist religious fanatics, patriarchal Christian Talibans, gun nuts, utterly ignorant hillbillies who are actually proud of their ignorance, people who belittle intelligence, their ego bloated to immense size by their sense of American superiority. More or less openly racist, bigoted.
There are those who think The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopia and those to whom it's a utopia.
Sometimes I think you should have let the South secede.
What do you mean south park are canadians? It takes place in Colorado
In 2022, Europeans made up 10% of the 46.2 million immigrants living in the United States, which is just over 4.7 million people. In 2022, 76,221 Americans moved to the European Union
Hm
A platitude, but the big thing we have in common is that we are all human, aren't we?
Nice commentary. I wanna add the following;
We europeans don't get to interact with people from the United States a lot and if we do we mostly really like the interactions with you beyond a few outliers who, to us, can act very oddly or ignorant. What we do get to see and "interact" with on a daily basis is your foreign policies. For the longest time we saw what you did in the middle-east etc. and as said in the video, we see how you present yourself on the internet. Your entire country suffers from being basically almost the size of Europe, yet Europe gets judged entirely different since we are a collection of individual countries. Therefore we get to be judged per country, while you are not offered the same "respect" of being judged state by state, although it would actually be more fair to do so.
So when we think of the USA we do not seperate Texas and California etc., all of you are just the USA to us. Thus when we see you carpet bombin civillians in the middle-east, to us, it's all of you, no matter which state you are from, doing that and appearing to be in support of these acts.
I personally am terrified of the USA, you are one of the closest allies to Europe, yet your values and foreign policies do not seem to align AT ALL with our values and virtues. Coupled with the fact that we see people such as Logan Paul as legitimate representatives of your people really doesn't help your case.
As a portuguese who knows americans, i know not all americans are the same, but it's like the almost universal bad reputation of cab drivers... stereotypes sometimes make sense and generalizations ar inevitable.because there are so many americans that cause a bad impression in some foreign countries (most of the times it's not really their fault...). The american culture and politics are going the the opposite direction of most of the developed countries and that only helps for this perception of americans in the world.
DON'T HATE ANYONE! 😀
The stereotypes thing inside the country: every single small european country has that. Stereotypes about cities, or small regions are pretty normal.
We as Americans do not care abou foreign opinions
I think people tend to be critical of the country/system/culture of the USA more than its people. Yes, you have someone like Trump who was elected by nearly 63 million Americans in 2016. In 2020, more than 74.2 million people voted for Trump. That means at least 74.2 million people eligible to vote in the USA agree with him, which is a significant minority. It makes sense for Europeans to consider that voter turnout.
Conversely, Americans don't typically seem to know much about other world leaders, including here in Europe, so it wouldn't make sense for them to talk about leaders they've never heard of. US election coverages are just more pervasive and present in Europe and other parts of the world than vice versa. When's the last time US media spoke about the French presidential election for example?
Macrons snap election almost backfired. The Brit’s are on brink of civil war. Trump told Angela about Nordstream and dependence on Russia and ironically it was Biden who blew it up. Same nonsense propaganda to divide is being spewed across EU no different the US.
But at least we are awake now. When will the EU wake up?
@2:54, it's 7 months later and no zombie apocalypse yet. So yay? XD
Europe has a culture, they have song, dance, architecture and food and they are proud of it. The US has, Levi's jeans, McDonalds, mass shootings, guns and bombs and you are proud of it?
Hi, i'm from Denmark, the US has culture too, song, music, all kinds of genres, jazz, blues, rap, pop and rock, etc. this is culture. That is indeed something to be proud of, you seem ignorant, who are you to deny that the US has culture, which it has. You think american citizens are proud of mass shootings, levi jeans and mcdonalds? You know that is a gross assumption. These kinds of comments are just as ignorant as ignorant americans can be.
We actually judge each other and other countries based on the politicians of each a lot. I think Americans just do not realize this because they are kind of closed off from world politics, so they do not have easy media access to such politicians and the stereotypes they attach to their own people.
We dont hate Americans, but there is some stereotypes of americans we kind of dislike!
Its rather this.. US have for a verry long time proved that they are Europes friend!
And then its probably more about US citicens that not knowing anything outside there own comfort zone?
I wonder if it have to do with that US is a multi cultur/language country, the biggest settler group in USA is Germans.. put in scandinavians.. germanic should be your native language???
But the elite was English, (another germanic language), they didnt like to pay taxes to England, and you keept all the laws and rules frome "Good old England" even after you got your independens! Its a bit strange??
For me it seems you got stuck there 1776, when Europe have moved on, to an "American way of living", introduced by USA!
As a dane with a lot of american friends, i`ll just say that "dislike americans" is not a title i`m crazy about🙂 we have great news and great correspondents overthere, so we do understand that it`s a big country, and that an american from Alabama screaming Phraise the Lord and i hate socialists, isn`t the same as an american living in San Fransisco or New York🙂
Conservatives are people that dont want changes. Liberals want to change for better.
You can be democrat and conservative and you can be republican and liberal.
The big problem is to confuse politics with religion.
You are awarded zero point and we are all now dumber.
Thx
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Here in Sweden Bernie Sanders is considered far right and so much more far right than our parties that are far right.
We can differentiate between US politicians and the people. We also know that there are nice open people like you. Not all of them are MAGA and crazy. But Reagan, Bush jr. and Trump were elected by many people (majority? Cough). And when I look at the GOP candidates omg.🐵
I think it's important to differenciate between the american people and the political/social system, they live in. The majority are "normal" people, that are friendly, welcoming and warmhearted. What I personally don't like, is people that show exaggerated patriotism, are prude, are racist or at least evangelical. Unfortunately this minority has a lot of influence and is even louder than the majority. I have some american friends and really like hanging around with them. From a political/social aspect, in my opinion the US are a failed state, but that hasn't anything to do with the individual. These guys have to deal with the crap system they live in day by day and I'm not jealous about them, as wouldn't like it either.
Well, there were a lot of Trump voters, right?
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@@peterdonecker6924 Looks like this! Greetings
for what its worth i dont know anyone that hates americans, we definitely dislike the way your country treats its people and the politics and nosnense news though. The republicans in ireland were the ones to fight for gay rights and stuff during the irish civil rights movement haha, we also generally like biden even with all the tiktok clips of him sleeping and saying dumb stuff. You were also talking about countries being different is a positive, i agree, part of what the EU does is set targets and rules for countries, like 'every citizen must have easy and affordable access to healthcare' and the country can choose how to achieve this, so any method that works is fine. Some choose universal care some choose goverment subsidised etc as long as the goal is met and verified by eu inspectors then youre good.
I love Americans
It's already in für question itself : in case a french , german , danish .... Individual will describe himself es european , it implicates that people from other nations will claim the same origin as well . How disturbing does it feels for US citizens if a jamaican , columbian , cuban .... will state that he is American ???? The attitude behind this mindset is already god for my first dislike .
@10:48 Until they learn otherwise, can you really blame them for thinking your politicians represent the average American? I mean it is a representative democracy of sorts. They also get way more screen time than say some rando on the bus. ...there's also the issue that the American political parties can be hard to distinguish from the outside based on policies and action. It can seem like you only have coke and diet coke to choose from. It can make people think everyone there loves coke.
It's a brother/sister thing. No hatred , just a little fun....
Most siblings I know fight.Not physically verbally.
i really dont understand why anyone would chose to live in america. just leave
I dont dislike americans as a european. USA is a great country with many nice people. I have much respect for the US. Its just cultural differences. And i mean the nature in the US is great. I would like to go there again soon.
@18:12 Not far off at all. Common language, many common ancestors, heavily integrated economy, culture, and for a large part dependent on the US defense. And, for the most part our population hugs the boarder like the nation is huddling up to the US for warmth. That's why many Canadians have an interest in the US, we inevitably get influenced by our giant neighbor.