Because Americans generally don’t travel abroad, they have an extremely difficult time imagining that folks in other countries are productive, content, and sophisticated. They refuse to believe that there is a single aspect of a foreign existence that is not is every way inferior to life in the United States. It is very unfortunate - Americans could learn a great deal about lifestyle from other nations - but they won’t. It’s too bad...
“It is very unfortunate - Americans could learn a great deal about lifestyle from other nations - but they won’t. It’s too bad...”
Have you always been so ignorant and intolerant?
I agree. We Americans are a pretty brutish and uncultured lot. I think you ought to pack it in and join ol' Sven in his Socialist Utopia.
“They refuse to believe that there is a single aspect of a foreign existence that is not is every way inferior to life in the United States.”
What’s funny is that Swedes have exactly the same conviction about Sweden. They travel more than Americans but are nevertheless utterly convinced of their superiority.
Of course, Americans can see a lot more and do a lot more without leaving America—that’s why we don’t travel to other countries as much. And we can see a much wider variety of culture here without leaving the country—Sweden is monoculture except for the Muslims. Compare and contrast: Rural Mississippi and Miami nightlife.
The United States covers more land and displays a greater variety of customs and cultures than any European country. What do you have against Americans appreciating diverse regions and cultures within their own borders? Are you really so blind that you can't see the difference between Glacier Park, Montana, and San Antonio, Texas? Why shouldn't a kid from Biloxi, Mississippi, see the famous Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania?
...they have an extremely difficult time imagining that folks in other countries are productive, content, and sophisticated.
No. We just don't share your bizarre little obsession with kissing foreign ass.
They refuse to believe that there is a single aspect of a foreign existence that is not is every way inferior to life in the United States.
See previous response.
It is very unfortunate - Americans could learn a great deal about lifestyle from other nations - but they won’t. It’s too bad...
Have you always been a stuck up elitist prick?
But look around the world and look at the country the rest of the world is trying to emigrate into.
Yep. America.
Cheers!