Why is the world very anti-American????

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I think that the world community may not like America because American people (or a faulty voting system that inspires voter apathy.) kept voting for Bush knowing that he isn't a great president. And we are in Iraq (when we should've stayed in Afghanistan). Fighting for democracy in Iraq when our own is failing. America seems to be interested in overstepping boundaries in other countries and can't seem to prevent illegal aliens from invading its own borders.

Hey, I voted for Kerry, Gore, and Clinton in their respective Presidential elections. I do sleep nights.

I laugh at people who are "glitches in the Matrix". Like this cunt hair, here. Check out this cretin's video ad.

http://www.vernonrobinson.com/twilightzone.shtml

A black man who wants America to go back to the days of "Leave It To Beaver". What the fuck?
 

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People feel Americans live in their own little world within the little world. Which you do. But trying to explain it is just too pathetic. To much an old story.

So, as it always is for all people with Americans, I'll just smile dumbly and say nothing.

:)
 

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Cloud9 said:
People feel Americans live in their own little world within the little world. Which you do. But trying to explain it is just too pathetic. To much an old story.

So, as it always is for all people with Americans, I'll just smile dumbly and say nothing.

:)

Don't let your feelings of patheticism and apathy prevent you from speaking your mind. In America, we do have freedom of speech. Some countries aren't allowed to speak their minds.
 

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Expando1 said:
The US is just barely over 200 years old and in effect still maturing. I see the US as an adolescent in terms of our development as a nation. Like any teenager we make impulsive decisions which are at times damaging to others. Like any teenager, our selfishness and the hurt and angst we cause our "world family" is really out of good intentions and a good heart. We just don't quite yet have the skills and experience to do better; just give us time, guidance, and patience to help us mature. It will happen but like the teenager in your house it may be a turbulent course.

Is it realistic, today, to call a 200-year-old nation an adolescent?
Isn't the United States the world's oldest democracy?
Weren't its original forebears largely from Britain, so privy to one of the world's longest political traditions?
To me, a better analogy would be senescence, which often manifests in adolescent-like behavior. The USA seems like an old Empire that has run past the top of its trajectory and is now tending downward, though few will notice till some time passes.
But under Dubya and his neocon cronies, it seems to me that the country is going through a particularly bad patch, with leaders who have little sense of history, no peripheral vision, and a Shakespearean dose of hubris.
Perhaps this could all change under new leadership.
I hope so.
 

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Why should anyone be surprised if there's more anti-Americanism worldwide?

The Bush administration is awful, really awful.

:redface:
 

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Why? Well there are many motives as already written above by many...

I know many in South America are very anti-america and many learn the same stuff on Universities and talk like robots, presenting the same literature they learn in class, about imperialisms and monstruosities and explotaitions and etc- I call them the academic elite, middle class mostly, but they are no diferent, they are elites (not the great mass of people are strugling to get minimun or 2/3 minimun to get by)...but if you see deep in those societies they have their own big mess they never resolve, but keep wasting time blame everybody else for the same old problems...is a joke that their own governments rob them and corruptions and violence are all over the place and they still have time to shout at anyone the same stuff...

For sure is outrage the dealings of debts interests 3rdworld have to pay and all this stuff i dont understand about the great majority of their populations dont know much too, they just elect the same buch of politicians and blabla and their lives keeps getting worse...in the end bcause of lack of money 'everybody' sell themselves in way or another depending what the price been offered.

Well, who can really stand arrogance of great nations or people in power, anyways ??? I cant stand even a bossy persona :biggrin1: ...since long ago superpower rules and the ex-superpowers get bitter and the ones wanting to have the power and be next super one try to play cards and their own games...its just crazy and its sucks. We born,live and die with one or more of them doing the same old stuff.

But what is always strange is that the rich minority in a way or another disregards the great majority, and sometimes is like a favor or great honor to get to talk or be heard by them, the no influence poor must go do the end of the line, and if they start to really exterminating each other maybe depending what they have to offer we are going to interfere...

There is lack of skills to really understand, even if you are great and all, that you dont have the right to impose your culture and ways of life in many others. There is invasion of 1stworld experts of many causes in foreigner lands, that imply they always know better and try to impose their ways, and their pace too. Plus the tricky way companies invade cultures and vomit whatever they want to. And stuff that even most US citzens finds trash and already know is not truth are being feed in many places...hollywood export an America that is not soo (I think), is not real perfect and so potent, and everything runs smooth and etc like movies...many still see that the US is what you see on tv, plus the many US trade marks that are in their countries and the military invading places, and missionaries of every kind of religions proletizing, and so many stuff that for sure many have their own motives to be anti-American imperialism or still traumatize by any imperialism they remember in their histories been oppressed and crushed forced to loose the identity of their cultures...

There are a lack of respect in many 1world ignorant citizens that enters in others cultures without careful homework that is just annoying and not welcome. And the worse situation is when youth is so embebed with what import from the US that they disregard their own cultures as lacking bcause they are being oppressed by powers within them for sometime too.

Is crap from every side pressing the 'commom' people all over the place...:rolleyes:
 

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My father recently returned from spending a whole month abroad at the world cup. He was originally born in Rumania, to a fairly typical Austro-Hungarian family. His family fled to Austria during the war, as German Nationals. After the war, due to his mother being Hungarian, his father being a German, and his birthplace being Rumania, he and his mother became displaced persons, eventually settling in the US in 1951. As a child we lived in Europe during the end of Reagan and beginning of Bush I. There was a RAMPANT dislike of American's, based more so on the dissapproval of our leaders, and the percieved values of the people. (They were after all the ones that elected the said leaders). He could not believe the amount of people that hate George Bush, and with such fervor. Neither myself, nor my father are supporters of the current administration. As Pro-Choice, Pro stem cell research, anti war, pro environment, supporters of an extreme seperation of church and state, yet believers in freedom of religion and the press, pro gay marriage, anti amending the constitution for ANY reason ex republicans. My mother has told off thier European friends as well as our family by reminding them that 49% of the population did not vote for the government currently in power And that we are included in that percentage.

I personally believe that this misunderstanding that all of America is allowing Bush to destroy the world, coupled with our insistence on NOT learning a foreign language, our inability show progress on waste and the environment, our driving need for more More MORE, the overall ignorance of "Joe and Jane Uhmerihkun" to not only our own history and culture prior to about 1950, but our utter lack of regard to other countries cultures, history and values is mainly what is driving Europeans to hate us.

I have personally contemplated moving back to Hungary, or to my fathers village in Austria for many years due to my absolute distaste for the direction that our government has taken our country, but I don't want to give up my rights that I am afforded as an American. I wish that 85% of the American people were more aware of the world, our actions and the repurcussions of said actions and attitudes. I am not attempting to slam anyone, I think that too many of us feel this way but never try and change. i wear my politics on my sleve, as does most of my family. We are not afraid to be the dissenters. I only wish that more of us would start speaking out, and louder. Look at the cross section of Americans that are giving intelligent answers and posing ideas in this thread, multiple ethnicities, all genders, urban and non urban. I wish more non Americans could see this side of us.
 

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Yes, and there is that question of our, um, culture, we so generously market worldwide.

Not enough to blunt our own intelligence with it, we think it'd be pretty cool if y'all got on board, too!

Lead by example? What kind of smartasses are you?

:mad:
 

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alex8 said:
Is much of the world really "very anti-American" per se, or is "America" merely used in that formulation as a rather unfortunate shorthand for saying that one is against certain policies and political tendencies espoused by the current regime?
Very astute, "anti-American" just becomes a shorthand banner for not liking what the current administration is doing. At least as far as recent upswing in Anti-American sentiment. There will always be something of an undercurrent among groups of the word population that dislikes the stereotypical ignorant, loud, and obnoxious American, but that is hardly a problem unique to the USA. Frenchmen, Britishers, and the Japanese amongst other have their own detractors. Need I remind anyone of "freedom" fries or "cheese eating surrender monkeys?"

An interesting corollary that I've often had to spell out for people is that it is possible to be disenchanted with Israel without being anti-Semitic. You can take issue with many of Israel's policies, but that doesn't mean you're against Jews or the existence of the state of Israel. But it comes easier for people to slot you and dismiss you.

lordpendragon said:
I know the Canadians and Aussies love everyone.
Well, perhaps the Aussies, but I suspect a significant number of Canadians take issue with our southern neighbour. It seems to develop with age, but it's truthfully mostly the pique of an often-ignored and dismissed spouse, whose opinion may be sought for form, but is quietly ignored with a few winks and nudges.

By the way, Canada is the largest single provider of foreign oil to the United States, exceeding Saudi Arabia. Not too many Americans seem to know that.:biggrin1:
 

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When you're number 1 in the world for as long as America has been and still is, people take cheap shots at you and Bush doesn't make it any easier. There hasn't been a single nation that has ever been the most powerful on the planet that doesn't have it's share of shame. It's just that it's been so long since anyone else has been at the level America is at, if they were ever that powerful.
 

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yorksguyuk said:
As some of you know. I was in Crete (which is an Island belonging to Greece) last week and there was loads of anti Amercan slogans all over the place. How can America improve it's worldwide image?

I think the reason the world is very anti-American (United States , not Canada and Mexico) has something to do with the U S being so very anti-world! We are a country which is too inconsistent in its dealings for the rest of the world's nations to understand or to trust it!:rolleyes:
 

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avalonjim said:
My father recently returned from spending a whole month abroad at the world cup. He was originally born in Rumania, to a fairly typical Austro-Hungarian family. His family fled to Austria during the war, as German Nationals. After the war, due to his mother being Hungarian, his father being a German, and his birthplace being Rumania, he and his mother became displaced persons, eventually settling in the US in 1951. As a child we lived in Europe during the end of Reagan and beginning of Bush I. There was a RAMPANT dislike of American's, based more so on the dissapproval of our leaders, and the percieved values of the people. (They were after all the ones that elected the said leaders). He could not believe the amount of people that hate George Bush, and with such fervor. Neither myself, nor my father are supporters of the current administration. As Pro-Choice, Pro stem cell research, anti war, pro environment, supporters of an extreme seperation of church and state, yet believers in freedom of religion and the press, pro gay marriage, anti amending the constitution for ANY reason ex republicans. My mother has told off thier European friends as well as our family by reminding them that 49% of the population did not vote for the government currently in power And that we are included in that percentage.

I personally believe that this misunderstanding that all of America is allowing Bush to destroy the world, coupled with our insistence on NOT learning a foreign language, our inability show progress on waste and the environment, our driving need for more More MORE, the overall ignorance of "Joe and Jane Uhmerihkun" to not only our own history and culture prior to about 1950, but our utter lack of regard to other countries cultures, history and values is mainly what is driving Europeans to hate us.

I have personally contemplated moving back to Hungary, or to my fathers village in Austria for many years due to my absolute distaste for the direction that our government has taken our country, but I don't want to give up my rights that I am afforded as an American. I wish that 85% of the American people were more aware of the world, our actions and the repurcussions of said actions and attitudes. I am not attempting to slam anyone, I think that too many of us feel this way but never try and change. i wear my politics on my sleve, as does most of my family. We are not afraid to be the dissenters. I only wish that more of us would start speaking out, and louder. Look at the cross section of Americans that are giving intelligent answers and posing ideas in this thread, multiple ethnicities, all genders, urban and non urban. I wish more non Americans could see this side of us.


A very good statement!
 

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sunsetapisto said:
I think a better question is - why is america the only country who obeys POW rules and other UN regulations and no one else does yet they all "hate us" and blame us for various world occurances.

I know this reply was posted a while ago, but I disagree. There are many other countries that directly obey such regulations, whereas the US has gone against many UN rulings (Vietnam? Iraq?)

Also, the US is HORRIDLY horrible at obeying NAFTA and WTO regulations and rulings. You don't have much right to say such a thing.
 

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All the other countries develop their "sense" of our country, the same way we generally do about them: by their government and foreign policy.

Unfortunately, the people of any given country may or may not "elect" their politicians, but beyond that, have no control whatsoever over their nation's foreign policy.

Our current administration in particular, and every single administration before it to some degree, has had an arrogant "manifest destiny" attitude toward the rest of the world. That, plus an imperialist touch, combined with unabashed greed for cash and resources, have contributed greatly to the way the world views our country.

Think about it: every grand claim of "making the world safe for democracy" or "weapons of mass destruction" were diversionary tactics. Not every country wants "democracy", to begin with, and it is misplaced arrogance to think it is our prerogative and god-given duty to spread democracy. As for "weapons of mass destruction," perhaps we first need to sweep out our own basement, then concentrate on the countries that actually ARE a threat to our security.

Attacking Hussein before Kim? Where's the logic in that? The deceit is obvious. It is not lost on other countries, and it is not appreciated when we invade, even under false pretenses. Or true pretenses.

How would any of our citizens feel if, say, the former soviet union had invaded the US, on our own soil, to "make the world safe for communism?" Would there be any terrorist cells of Americans forming here and there, under such circumstances? Actually yes, I think.
 

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transformer_99 said:
When you're number 1 in the world for as long as America has been and still is, people take cheap shots at you and Bush doesn't make it any easier. There hasn't been a single nation that has ever been the most powerful on the planet that doesn't have it's share of shame. It's just that it's been so long since anyone else has been at the level America is at, if they were ever that powerful.

err...Spain? Portugal? UK? To name but a few who have been on top for a looong time - and I´m leaving the ancient and far more powerful empires out of this (powerful in respect to the age in which they existed)

But you´re right, lone superpowers are in that unlucky position that they are under everyones scrutinity. And I think you also hit the spot with bush and his neocon band making things worse.

Personally, I think there are different reasons for anti-americanism in different areas of our world. European nations and especially the UK and France obviously have a special relation to what is now the US, given their colonial past. There might be some kind of envy and shame that europe needed the help of their former colonies to get rid of some its own old evils. At the same time, there is this strange feeling of cultural superiority (especially in France and Italy, but to some extent also in Germany). Entwined history makes relations difficult - but we´ll always stand on the same side, especially in 50 years time, when most of us will be old and the world completely different.

I do also agree with some other poster (sorry, forgot your name!) that America as an "Empire" is actually on a downward slide. The fact alone that military spendings exceed the sum of all other western nations combined are good proof of this. The administration is trying to gain as much of a technological and gopolitical advantage as possible before the tide turns and darker times come. And they will come. Just think of what will happen in 40 or so years, when fossile ressources will get very expensive and not sufficient for all, when markets and industries and our general standard of living will collapse, when wmd´s have finally proliferated to the last African failed state dictator (this will happen sooner or later) ...?
I am definitely not a dark future kind of person, but I do think that the last 50 years have been VERY kind western/european nations.
 

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Gisella said:
Is crap from every side pressing the 'commom' people all over the place...:rolleyes:
Giselle,
Your posting was very insightful and articulate. I reread it twice, and not only because I like the way you write English. Well, maybe the first time that was true, but then I realized I needed to read it again carefully.

One thing we underestimate in America, in our zeal to condemn our foreign policy, is the harmful actions of our corporations in other countries. Thanks for bringing that up.
 

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DC_DEEP said:
Attacking Hussein before Kim? Where's the logic in that? The deceit is obvious. It is not lost on other countries, and it is not appreciated when we invade, even under false pretenses. Or true pretenses.

Kim would have bene a much tougher opponent. Few intellience exists, their army is huge, disciplined and technologically far superior to Iraq´s army. The North Korean army is not to be mistaken with the horrible state the civilian population is in. And most important: they´re by some extent backed by the nuclear and coming superpower china (which is, by now, slowly losing patience with its former ally). The US and Chinese economies are already tangled in a way that any major disruption would provoke a world-wide economical crisis.

My humble opinion...
 

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yorksguyuk said:
As some of you know. I was in Crete (which is an Island belonging to Greece) last week and there was loads of anti Amercan slogans all over the place. How can America improve it's worldwide image????? Do the American people and/or the Leadership not care about the rest of the world.......Unless oil is involved that is!!!! Most members on this site are American, so what do you guys think???? If you are from the rest of the world,reply also.


Two parts to the question.. 1. How can America improve it's image and 2. Do you care about the overall image thing?
 

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I haven't read all of the posts on this thread, so I don't know that my sentiments have not already been expressed, but I welcome the opportunity to make mine known.

It behooves the 'haves' in any society to be extra diligent in showing the 'have nots' that they are sincerely concerned for them and are meek in their demeanor. This country generally has always had a problem doing that, but the present administration just compounds this wrong image by being arrogant and seeming above ones below their class. Of course, this doesn't hold true for those who control oil or rule the few countries that are acceptable to them. I feel so much better, having had my say in this.