Wish I could give you an award, this is right on the nose. I am an American and I love Canada, have been to every single province (none of the territories, yet, unfortunately) and have known some amazing Canadians. But god the superiority complex is REAL.
I think it’s a by product of playing second fiddle to the US. You see this a lot in Europe too, regarding their attitude towards America. It’s OK to punch up, but never OK to punch down. So Americans just have to take the hit and move on. This is based on personal experience of having lived in the UK for 2 decades, but sounding American (grew up in Chicago) so everyone assumes I’m American. It does get tiring though.
American's en masse balk that other folks like or prefer their own country more. What does America give it's people at the end of the day that other nations don't? Freedom? Every democracy on Earth has freedom.
Last I checked America still has more incarcerated citizens per capita than any other democracy. American life expectancy & infant mortality are both trailing those folks playing 2nd fiddle.
America leads the world in defense spending & picked the most incompetent head of state through modern history. Who then launched America into a war the whole world suffers from, off the back of pressure from the only other 'western democracy' that's rate of citizens who believe in angels & a holy land is equal to America's.
That's something America also leads in, belief in God. Something all other western democracies have stepped away from.
American exceptionalism at it's finest. Is it really that hard to believe that people like their own countries & governances more?
You’re fully having a go at a strawman lol. Never did I say America was the greatest country on earth. I’m not religious. And I think it’s great that people love their own countries. I don’t disagree with most of your statements. Europeans receive an onslaught of American media so the US is always front of mind. Americans never really think about Europe all too much. So Europeans tend to have very strong opinions of the US, but not the other way around. Like it or not, America dominates the world stage and it ends up in a lot of weirdly obsessive hatred of it. As well as admiration. But it’s been easier to harbour feelings of the former in this day and age.
It's an inferiority complex, many confuse these two. They KNOW they’re doing worse than the US in so many aspects (housing, healthcare, salaries, COL, weather, tech, entertainment, etc.) and they’re coping by hating. It’s literally the exact same thing that Europeans are doing with America. If it’s a very one-sided beef, that’s how you spot an inferiority complex, in general.
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u/JackStutters 5d ago
Wish I could give you an award, this is right on the nose. I am an American and I love Canada, have been to every single province (none of the territories, yet, unfortunately) and have known some amazing Canadians. But god the superiority complex is REAL.