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Originally Posted by Russ D
I certainly don't see anti-americanism as fashionable. I think most people (myself included) are just a little weary of the seemingly prevailant attitude 'across the pond' that everything about the US is superior to the rest of the world. From reading various discussion groups it's as if the american way of life is the planetary standard and other customs and ideas are just "strange", "wierd" "different" without realising that they are just one (albeit very large) country amongst countless others.
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I quite like America (the country) and generally the American people. The problem is they are extremely insular for the most part.
I don't know the exact figure, but I understand about 90% of Americans do not possess a Passport (i.e. they have never travelled outside of the US) !!
Also when you watch their multitudiness TV news channels, you rarely if ever see any items regarding issues relating to foreign (to them) countries.
They simply are not exposed to foreign cultures and attitudes and probably think the rest of the world thinks exactly as they do.
They are fed an almost non stop diet of how great America is and are extremely patriotic.