I followed a link in my EntreCard inbox, and found myself on this page on globallyrational.com. It leads to a radio conversation about global views on America. I was positively surprised that there was a study made yearly about it in USA, but not very surprised when the expert commentators pretty much said USA should not pay too much attention to it. Of course they shouldn’t - they’re America! In their view what ever negative views people might have about America, are based on their cultural upbringing and therefore should not be taken seriously. May I just crack up at this point. It is the American culture we disagree with, the American up bringing of superiority just because you’re American. I’m not saying that all Americans are like this, good heavens no, there are some great people in America, I have a few American friends who I love dearly, but the general idea that simply because I was born in America, I’m better than you. It doesn’t matter that my IQ is around 70, I know shit about nothing, I can’t speak my own language correctly, I live below the poverty line and I can’t afford my health checks, I still pay with checks and money orders that went out of fashion in Europe around the 70’s, but I’m still better than you, because I’m an American. Nobody likes to be belittled for no reason or for a reason, and this is what USA does constantly to the rest of the world.

Let’s compare the attitude of Australia and America. When an Australian says “You can’t take me, I’m an Australian!” he means, that because he’s born in Australia, he’s born to take care of himself, he’s too clever, too brave and too bloody dangerous to be treated with disrespect. When an American says the same thing, he means that “My government will make your country suffer if you harm me!” (My daddy will kick your daddy’s ass.)

We are bored of American TV more than we’re bored of American politics, even though we might not agree with that either. We are bored of political correctness, that unfortunately is spreading around the world on demand of those who cannot say “well fuck you” if they’re called a “fat bitch” or a “nigger” but instead go crying at the government. (I mean it’s not nice to call people with those names, but good heavens, do we really need a law to ban calling people names?!) And because America makes the rules, the world has to follow whether they agree or not, at least to a degree.

We are bored of American tourists that come into our countries thinking that they own the place, because, after all, America runs the world, so the world is their bloody oyster I suppose. We are bored at being yelled at when we serve an American, because the country’s habits don’t comply with the American service, because our service people are equal to us, they are doing us a favour, they are not our slaves. And if they behave like an equal or cold towards an American, they don’t take it as a cultural difference, they take it as a personal insult… and again they yell “You can’t treat me that way, I’m an American!” They expect too much for being Americans, and that is what pisses us off. Well, me anyway.

Dr. Phil, an American who I respect, says that anger comes from when your expectations are not met. So Americans expect to be treated like movie stars in relation to the rest of the world, and when they’re not, they get angry. I suppose the rest of the world expects to be treated with respect and as equals, but when that doesn’t happen, they get angry. Now which one of the expectations is more reasonable?

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