Decky wrote:Many Europeans see American influence as a cancer in their country.
This, it is particularly bad in Britain (and I assume the rest of the Anglosphere) where we have their "culture" bombarding us constantly with shit music and moronic TV, it feels rather like being under siege.
Right, with shows like American Idol, Masterchef, the Weakest Link, or Celebrity Fit Club? Wait....
Decky wrote:It isn't the same thing. Austria is a country, Utah is not. No one bar an American should know where Utah is. This is the American arrogance people are talking about.
1) The only states I've seen mentioned on British shows or movies are ones like Utah, Idaho, or Montana. I'd assume you'd have some knowledge of where they are.
2) Utah's bigger than your country.
3) You're highlighting your own bias- the US is, what, twice the size of Europe? You could fit the lowlands in my county, and the fact you know
nothing about what's not in your backyard isn't improved because "they're a different nation." How many Brits know where Kurdistan or Kandahar are, considering we're both in both? What about Ughyrstan, Shanghei, Sakhalin, or Harbin?
The real reason you hate us is you're not any smarter, and your countries
aren't any more important than Utah, Idaho, Oregon, or Harbin, Isaan, Bengledesh, and Orissa. I really couldn't give two shits about luxemburg, and I doubt Indians, Orientals, or Hispanics would, either.