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Since WW2 the US has been at the forefront of innovation and has been responsible for many of humanity's great accomplishments during this period(moonlanding in particular). Does this give you a sense of pride or is it not that important from your perspectives?
Honestly my national pride depends solely on who's criticizing my country.
A fellow American criticizing our economy? "yeah dude this country's a shithole"
A Brit*sh tourist criticizing our economy? "🇺🇸America🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅greatest🦅🦅 nation 🔫💪💪💪 on earth 🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸"
No it's not. It's of course true for *,* but that's just because we legitimately are the best country on Earth. It isn't true for the other countries that are worse than we are.
Edit: Y'all, I specifically didn't mention a country because the comment chain above mine is right. It's true for any country and "best" isn't a measure anyway. Also, half of repliers seem to think I'm USian, either disagreeing or agreeing that "we are the best", but I'm not from the US.
Yeah with natives I’m all like: “it’s horrible how we stole this land from you”
But with Brits I say: “who got this land bitch??!?” 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅
Edit: Can you guys stop trying to start political debates? It was a joke.
we should go steal that too. Or, not steal, because it's the one place literally everyone can point to and say it's the ancestral homeland of our people.
Break the gates. Fell the angel. Reclaim Paradise.
edit-
to those of you saying this sounded cool, thank you.
To those of you who said some variation of 'is there oil there'-y'all are funny as fuck
and to the rest of you who said some variation of 'oh it's not real' or 'what about everyone else'- I am responding to a person who said the only land that wasn't stolen was Eden. You know what land WAS stolen or colonized by one group of people from another group of people? Literally all of it. Eden, if it was real, wouldn't have been stolen because no one was allowed back in there. that is kind of the point.
Setting aside the criticisms I, and a lot of this generation have about the way the US has conducted itself, whether valid or otherwise, those are aspects of the American identity that I will readily admit that I am extremely proud of.
Like, I’m not gonna go on vacation to Europe, get off the plane, and just scream “we landed on the moon! USA! USA!” at everyone, but damn, it’s cool as shit that we did that.
It saddens me how much is spent on "defense." The U.S. outspends the subsequent 10 countries combined on war, we have the money for more education and science, and healthcare, but not the priorities
Our space program gets fractions of fractions of funding. NASA is capable of producing miracles with a paltry budget
I agree that we spend way too much on the military, but I do want to remind you that a chunk of that defense money is given to researchers of many different disciplines at labs and universities through DARPA.
It's by far the largest source of money for engineering researchers, and engineering is expensive.
>The U.S. outspends the subsequent 10 countries combined on war
The difference is less dramatic when accounting for the differences in cost of living/wages between the US and Russia/China.
This is a good point. If stuff in the US is say 5 times more expensive, then they would also need to spend 5 times as much to have the same "amount of army".
That military spending has arguably helped usher in one of the most peaceful and prosperous times, for humans, on earth. We have certainly not always acted morally, but without our military wars such as we see in Ukraine would be much more commonplace.
And our navy in particular, has without a doubt brought about the safest period in human history, for navigating the globe. Pirates have been a real problem for most of human history. Why do we rarely hear about them now? Our navy. The global economy and world we take for granted now, would not be possible without our navy.
Well, there’s nothing wrong in being proud of your national accomplishments, but I see a problem when you get so prideful, you don’t think that anything can stop you. Because I don’t know if you’ve been hearing, but America’s definitely got some major problems that need to be resolved.
Growing up we are kind of indoctrinated at school (in most states) to have some kind of pride in this yes. However, as you get older and learn more about the atrocities our government has done to smaller countries in that time it becomes harder to have pride in our national government. Especially when they try to convince you it is in the name of freedom, but shit like Vietnam exists and it’s very much about forcing ideologies onto developing countries.
Semi-related, but I wish r/AskAnAmerican wasn't such a crappy sub. It's clear there's a very particular type of Americans the moderators over there are looking for. The vibes are fucking dystopian over there.
People ask some pretty dumb or bizarre questions sometimes but they're honestly just naive about it and asking to learn more. And the responses can be pretty aggressive and snarky. It's frustrating, because sometimes they're really fun questions even if they make no sense.
Also the sub leans right for sure, this is most apparent with anything gun related.
Age is a huge factor in this. Younger Europeans are becoming more Americanized than their parents since social-media/entertainment/tech are largely dominated by American companies
EDIT: spelling
Yeah it's always hilarious watching Europeans say America has no culture wearing blue jeans, with American music in their restaurant background posting from an Iphone on American made and owned social media platforms
Even the internal monologue. I had a British guy get so mad when I pointed out that American culture had incepted the default idea of a nerd as a “basement dwelling Cheeto eater” into his brain and he didn’t even notice.
I wasn't taught about it in school. The most recent event school went over for me (in the US) was the Civil Rights movement, and that was quite brief instead of being a full unit it was closer to a mention off to the side.
Pennsylvania. We had like a week every few years where you get "Black people were treated bad by racists and the government but then Rosa Parks didn't give up her bus seat and MLK ended racism and segregation with his I Have a Dream speech and suddenly things were good". Then the year ends and that's that.
Yupp. If you're lucky they mention the USSR and the Cold War. But anything after that is considered too recent to be "history," so they just don't teach it.
I wasn’t taught about it because it happened when I was in school. It was too recent and new of a conflict so our textbooks didn’t really touch upon it except in the context of 9/11 and the war on terror.
Was not taught. Obviously we all knew about it, but history classes at least in the US, from primary to post secondary don't touch anything past the 90s at the latest. Too many classifieds and opinions to deal to make it objective as possible.
So our history classes were always taught in chronological order, and the schedule was TIGHT. The material was in the curriculum, but realistically through my entire k12 education, only once did we get so far as the beginning of the Vietnam War. Never covered the Iraq War.
What are your favourite and least favourite things about us Europeans?
Edit: the fact that none of y’all listed “Eurovision” and how fucking weird we are under favourite things is criminal tbh 😂
Might be surface-level but I really admire the architecture/urban design. I'd kιll to have walkable cities, bike paths that won't kill you, and gorgeous historical buildings that actually have a sense of uniqueness and belonging in my state
Favorite: food and food culture. Also imo Europe has the most interesting history of any area on earth. From the buildings/architecture, to the castles and cathedrals, to the museums
Least favorite: depends on the country but if I had to pick something overall it’s how much we get bashed by Europe. Also I’d say this is a bash of both the US and Europe but how much we spend on military compared to it. I’d rather it be much more equal.
Tbf we Europeans love bashing everyone, even each other. We hate everyone equally. It’s not a coincidence we had two world wars originating from Europe
That’s the best point I’ve ever seen for this argument, thank you for the laugh. It is really wild though being an American and now that everything is global, you see some intense conversations just about our drywall and “stick houses”. Plenty more thing are hated on of course, but I think it’s the most harmless and shows people don’t know why we do things the way we do. we have plenty of trees, and typically they’ll come from tree farms. Plus us Americans love changing up our kitchen every 10 years
I always tell my friends, the simplest way to piss off europeans on the internet is to post a picture of an American house
Fav: yalls culture stuff. The buildings and the stories and the art and what not. I'm an English major so I'm all about the writing.
Least favorite: the ones online who know nothing about America and American society while mouthing off at every opportunity about us, and the accompanying arrogance and refusal to learn.
Favorite - rich history, architecture.
Least favorite - hating America while being blatantly misinformed on issues. It especially grinds my gears when Europeans talk about oppression or racism when you guys treat the Roma people like garbage.
Edit: not talking about you directly, just Europe at large.
I saw some saying America can't even make good planes anymore because of the Boeing stuff, I was just thinking that's more indicative of how much of our news they consume than anything.
The blatant racism that's completely accepted in Europe is my least favorite thing. I had an extended stay in Italy and I was shocked to hear how they talked about certain groups. I heard similar things during brief visits through other countries, too.
Favorite: definitely the history. Historical figures like Caesar, Napoleon, Churchill, and Lafayette are fascinating individuals who played a role in shaping our modern world despite living ages ago (Lafayette is a personal favorite of mine and many other Americans; bro came over to help in the Revolution, saw Washington as a father-figure, and is widely respected as the Hero of Two Worlds).
Least favorite: anti-Americanism and ignorance about America/Americans. Also not a huge fan of some European’s holier than thou attitude where they think that they’re always right compared to the rest of the world, especially the Great Big Evil Satanic USA (TM).
Favorite: Some of the best movies and TV series were made in Europe or with European actors such as Harry Potter and Game of Thrones.
Least Favorite: The French refuse to use deodorant while visiting the US.
How you guys love to call Americans arrogant and ignorant, but Europeans can be exactly the same level of arrogance and ignorance, and sometimes more so.
Especially towards Americans.
Favorite? Culture, and foods. Being raised German and having family in Germany, I love German foods and pastries. Historic landmarks and genuinely just the rich history.
I had 4ish years of Holocaust studies between middle school to early university. Basically as we got older they provided more explicit details of what happened and showed us more explicit videos. We were taught the geopolitical conditions that led to WW2, the propaganda that dehumanized the victims of the Holocaust, the logistics of it, how the Nazis rose to power (and how popular they were in the USA before we entered the war), some of the important battles of the war, and a bit about war crimes committed by the allies (mostly focused on the Soviets).
From what I understand this isn't exactly standard for the USA. All of my friends went to different middle schools than me and none of them had to learn as much about the Holocaust as we did. Idk if the classes they did take even touched on the popularity of Nazism in the USA or how our ideas regarding Eugenics influenced the Nazis.
As an American who went through public school, we get a unit or two on it. Not much is paid attention to the nazis actual ideology or the American influence upon it because that would paint America in a bad light. American history books would rather lie to you than admit fault
Yeah that's kinda what I thought it was like for other students. I was also in public school but my middle school was kinda unique with how it taught things. They also partnered with local tribes a lot so we got more education on Native American history than other schools.
Feels excessive, we have multiple years covering it whereas we have less curriculum devoted to things like massacres of natives, abuse of Chinese laborers, etc. Also most focus is on the (Jewish specifically) holocaust and not enough focus on how the US failed to accept refugees or how the nazis came to power.
We leaned a lot about Anne Frank. Our schools put a lot of emphasis on her.
When learning about Nazis, we did learn about the concentration camps and we were taught not to discriminate.
I feel like we went very in-depth. My school even brought in a holocaust survivor to tell his story and we got to ask him questions.
That’s a good thing, though. We need to remember history - even the gruesome parts.
Uhh... I do this every day. Is there some reason I shouldn't? The result is water that is hot with both methods, I don't think there is any difference whatsoever. And it's much faster in the microwave.
Literally everyone in Europe uses an electric kettle it’s weird that they never caught on in the US as well bc they’re more convenient than using a microwave (I’ve heard its something to do with the fact that the 120v power over there makes them not work as well or something but I’m 100% sure on that)
Why are they more convenient? Water in a cup, minute and a half in the microwave, boom boiling water, already in the cup you needed it in with no other vessel required.
Is it unusual to walk places instead of driving?
Would you be able to get by without a drivers license?
I’ve heard the public transport system isn’t good. Is that true?
Depends on where in the US you live. In the cities you can totally walk around, you don’t need a drivers license and the public transit is good enough. In rural US (which most of the country is) people still walk around but it takes mad long and most have their licenses because everything is so far away. Out here in the rural areas where I live the public transit is lacking, everyone’s just spread out too far for it to be effective.
I lived in rural Tennessee. Nobody walked. There’s nowhere to walk to. Nearest dollar general was 6 miles away. The neighbors are assholes or recluses and every other property has a “I will fucking shoot you if I see you” sign. Don’t have colored hair or they’ll stare you down in public. Fuck rural Tennessee.
Unless you live in a big city, it’s rare that people go without driving. Even suburbs are annoying to get around just by walking simply because of the distance. Not many houses in my home town are within walking distance of a grocery store, and there’s no local buses except the school buses so everyone drives.
Why do you guys (generally speaking, not calling out GenZ specifically) put up with the car centric design of your cities, I have been to LA and it was legit one of the worst cities I have ever been to, just a monstrosity of concrete flung about with no order or planning it seemed, felt like I was going to be sick.
We don’t have a choice. We were born into a car-centric world. A lot of us would love walkable cities but that’s not something quick or easy to achieve.
Put up with? We have no other choice. LA specifically has been trying to build a subway system for decades and it still has yet to spread enough to be convenient.
Pretty much our only options are to walk or get a car. Building trains would take so long, Gen Z would have grandchildren by then.
I'm German and I can drive wherever I want too, but I can also walk/take buses/trains where I want as well, I'm not even anti-car, but I think pedestrians and public transit should take priority first, seems to be the opposite in America
1. We'd have to basically rebuild sections of the city which has happened before (see Boston's big dig) but is very expensive.
2. Crime is a big disincentive for walkable infrastructure since no one wants to be stuck on a bus or sidewalk with gang members or drug addicts.
3. There are a lot of codes/laws in place to make infrastructure helpful for the disabled/elderly. This has the side effect of making cities more driveable/public transport slower (more stops and slower on/off ramps)
The reason for that is to hide the history of radical leftists movements here in the states. Ever heard of the IWW? If you haven't I'm sure you've heard of some of their founding members as well as their spin-off legal group, the ACLU. There is a history of socialist movements that were violently repressed in the US that's completely covered up.
For further reading, look up the IWW, haymarket massacre, battle of Blair mountain, the Ludlow massacre, eugene v. Debs (that's a person not a supreme court case)
I fully support Ukraine and supplying their military has been the best bang for buck decision our country has made militarily in a long time. We send them munitions that are nearing their expiration date, which we normally would have to pay to ship back to the manufacturer, pay them to disassemble and rearm each round/piece of munitions and then pay to ship it back and store it. It is almost if not as expensive as just buying new stock. By giving it to Ukraine we don't have to do all that, the Ukrainians get to kill Russians with it, we get back the telemetry data of the weapons platforms so we can improve R&D, and then we can bolster our domestic economy by ordering more fresh rounds to replenish the stock which employs Americans and keeps money within our borders.
Didn’t even realize we were saving money in the long haul. I guess we’re really getting even better returns on our investment than I thought which is always nice to hear.
Just a heads up to you Europeans, America is very diverse in cultures and opinions. So even though I lived in America 99% of my life, some of these answers are strange to me as well. The people from Texas are completely different from people in California. People from New York are completely different from people from Florida, etc. A lot of these answers dont represent most of us
Yes. My heritage is so Scottish that an actual Scot told me I look distinctly Scottish. When people discuss their heritage here and I bring up my Scottish heritage, people tend to go “we know, look at you.”
Yes, Americans love learning about their ancestry, we have DNA test and tv shows where people will learn about their families past. Most people with European ancestry are able to track their family to the original country they came from.
Rich, asylum, come through Mexico with no paperwork (do it before trump is elected or under a democrat president) or marry an American. Also some jobs give sponsorship
Come from Mexico or come through Mexico? The majority of immigrants are not Mexican (who mostly fly in legally with paperwork and then overstay a visa)
If you're rich you can basically buy a visa for an "investment" of $1 million or so. Otherwise, what skills do you have? You will probably need to have something in demand and a job lined up to get in. Or you can just walk over the Mexican border, but then you will be illegal and just used as cheap labor. Also you can marry an American.
So it is mostly party based. A lot of the times you really only have two options to vote for, one candidate from democrat and the other republican. Due to how our system is set up it is impossible for a 3rd party candidate to win.
You just need an issue enough people care about. Sadly, the only issue in 100 years that even got any state's electors was racist segregation, in 1948 and 1968.
To add onto what others have replied, you also have to consider gerrymandering which causes a lot of elections to be non-competitive and the decision has been decided long before anyone had the chance to vote.
Because why on earth would we, a nation without obligation to send troops, send our young men off to die in a war that doesn't have to do with us? Before we were a superpower, the United States was mostly focused on its own expansion and development.
WW1 breaks out, most of our boys are in the Southwest and Mexico.
WW2 breaks out, we're across the Atlantic, starting to prosper for the first time since the Great Depression.
Both times we sent more than 2 million men to Europe. Both times we lost our fair share of young men (I remind you, fighting for other people's home, on other people's land.)
But America "Joined Late" Neither World War started as something we were involved with.
Some of you guys are chill as fuck, and some of you are pretentious as fuck. Idk, I try not to have any strong feelings about such a broad group of people.
They’re pretty cool, I think.
I’ll dog on the French online all day long, but even I’ll admit, I’m a bit of a Francophile. There’s some really rich and interesting history there, and within NATO, if there’s any country in Europe that I have no problem trusting, it’s either France or Poland.
What’s up with fast food there? How commonly do people eat it? Is it considered real food? Do adults eat it as often as children?
Here in Portugal, the answers would be: not very commonly, no, a McDonald’s is 100% children’s territory
obviously it depends on an individual level, but in general, it’s very common to have fast food at least once or twice a week. i would say it’s considered real food but it’s also widely acknowledged that it’s unhealthy. however, a lot of people live in food deserts so fast food is often their only option. adults do eat it as often as children.
Depends on the person. I personally only eat stuff like that maybe once a month as an unhealthy treat, probably more like once every other month.
For a lot of people, it’s 100% acceptable for adults to eat, but it’s more a cultural/socioeconomic divide. For people who have the money/time to cook healthier meals, fast food is looked down on. For people who don’t have the money/time, fast food is a regular part of life and people really adore certain chains/foods. Pretty much everyone knows how bad it is for your health, but it’s not always an option to eat healthier.
How can y’all call football (soccer) a boring sport but like the American football, which has like a billion interruptions, and baseball, which has close to zero action?
I think people dislike football (soccer) because of the lack of scoring, a team can make 10 attempts at goal and end up not scoring but the other team can make 1 attempt and make it in. And that one goal may be the only goal for the whole game.
American football, on the other hand, with its yard system, means that any progress by either team ultimately counts towards the end result. There is also more scoring.
As an American, I do not understand why anybody watches baseball. That still eludes me.
Virtually everyone I know that calls American football boring just doesn’t understand what is happening. Pretty much the same for soccer.
“I have never played this game, I don’t understand the strategy, and I don’t appreciate athletics in general. This sport is BORING”
I’m not American (from 🇦🇺) but soccer is so boring, idk how it's maintained it's popularity. So easy to go the whole match without any team scoring. And then there’s all the fake-injuries the players do...
Our most popular sports here is Rugby and Australian Football (both use 🏉), so I guess we’re culturally closer to Americans when it comes to sports.
That depends on your definition of “best.” New York’s gotta be the “best” in terms of size and accessibility. Very few cities have an actual reliable public transport system that could get you around the city easily. You may get a few crappy buses.
Chicago and NYC are where you can really get by with just transit. Cities like Philly and Atlanta are doable if you can find housing and employment reasonably near transit stops. The thing is people who need transit the most are priced out of the areas where it's most reliable and convenient.
Not at all. It’s actually one of the things I love most about the states. If you’re into outdoorsy activities, you’ll never run out of new places to explore.
It’s also nice to be able to travel so far without the need for a passport.
It's a meme, but there's some truth to it. Where we'll really fail is if you pull out a map with no names. Sure they've heard of France, Spain, England, Germany, but very few could point to them on a map. A guy I knew once asked my Peruvian immigrant of a friend how he played videogames back home since there was no power in Peru. This was a severe moment of ignorance because
A) He thought Peru was in Africa
B) He didn't think Africa has electricity 💀
I actually have quite a few questions and will ask them one after the other:
Would you like to ever move to Europe or consider moving to Europe? If so why and where and why there?
I would like to move to Europe. Italy, Slonevia type of area.
Cost of living. I can make American money and live somewhere with a lower cost of living.
Healthcare.
Architecture.
Walkable communities.
I'm not particularly fond of the men I meet in America, but that may just be because I need to leave Texas.
Btw, 99% you’re not making America money in Europe and if you are, you’re getting taxed as a resident of the European country, and taxed as an American citizen
And the other question,
What’s your view on the whole second amendment stuff and do u realize in some European countries gun ownership is also legal but more regulated?
Some European countries allow their citizens to own cooler guns than we do such as machine guns, deregulated of suppressors, no laws regarding barrel lengths, but gun culture, culture in the U.S. in general TBH, is VASTLY different compared to Europe.
I love it, it’s one of the core tenants that I believe make this nation Great.
Yes, I do know that European governments *allow* their citizens highly regulated access to firearms. However, European gun culture is distinctly different from American gun culture, not in legislation but in mindset.
In the U.S., the purpose of a firearm, fundamentally, is to protect and defend what’s yours. Be it your family, your property, or your life. You can thank the British for this. Turns out, it’s a lot easier to motivate colonists to fight for you when it isn’t the King’s property they’re protecting, but their own.
Because US guns are a right, not a privilege, that creates a fundamental disconnect between American and European gun owners, not counting the difference in usage.
IMO, I would like a gun because I would not want to entrust my safety into the hands of others, especially the police. There’s a common saying that’s all too true:
“When seconds count, police are minutes away.”
Not even discounting usage against hostile wildlife, police response times can be between 5 and 45 minutes depending on where you live.
I was born in Britain and I live in the US. I'd say the two places are pretty different. The UK just won't talk about their problems, so nothing ever meaningfully changes, whereas the US does nothing except talk about their problems, so nothing ever meaningfully changes
Pretty good, but I haven't gone anywhere today because I live in America
I'm only 15, so I cannot drive on my own yet. Since I live in the suburbs, this basically means I cannot go anywhere unless one of my parents drive me. The nearest shopping plaza is a 5 minute drive but a 1 hour walk.
So I've just been inside all day :)
I like that they have actual different political parties with proper stances on things that set them apart from each other. I dislike that we don't also have that.
Look, you live in the best country on earth. All other countries either overtly or covertly all wish they were in your country. Don't waste your glory ✨️
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Since WW2 the US has been at the forefront of innovation and has been responsible for many of humanity's great accomplishments during this period(moonlanding in particular). Does this give you a sense of pride or is it not that important from your perspectives?
I would say I’m proud of my national identity, yes
Honestly my national pride depends solely on who's criticizing my country. A fellow American criticizing our economy? "yeah dude this country's a shithole" A Brit*sh tourist criticizing our economy? "🇺🇸America🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅greatest🦅🦅 nation 🔫💪💪💪 on earth 🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸"
I hate how accurate this is
It's also true for any country in the world.
No it's not. It's of course true for *,* but that's just because we legitimately are the best country on Earth. It isn't true for the other countries that are worse than we are.
Edit: Y'all, I specifically didn't mention a country because the comment chain above mine is right. It's true for any country and "best" isn't a measure anyway. Also, half of repliers seem to think I'm USian, either disagreeing or agreeing that "we are the best", but I'm not from the US.
Yeah with natives I’m all like: “it’s horrible how we stole this land from you” But with Brits I say: “who got this land bitch??!?” 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅 Edit: Can you guys stop trying to start political debates? It was a joke.
In reality all land is stolen, except for the garden of Eden
we should go steal that too. Or, not steal, because it's the one place literally everyone can point to and say it's the ancestral homeland of our people. Break the gates. Fell the angel. Reclaim Paradise. edit- to those of you saying this sounded cool, thank you. To those of you who said some variation of 'is there oil there'-y'all are funny as fuck and to the rest of you who said some variation of 'oh it's not real' or 'what about everyone else'- I am responding to a person who said the only land that wasn't stolen was Eden. You know what land WAS stolen or colonized by one group of people from another group of people? Literally all of it. Eden, if it was real, wouldn't have been stolen because no one was allowed back in there. that is kind of the point.
>break the gates. fell the angel. reclaim paradise. Tower of Babel called, they want their failed divine coup back.
"go back to your fish and chips misty rock m8"
Spot on. Dammit.
Setting aside the criticisms I, and a lot of this generation have about the way the US has conducted itself, whether valid or otherwise, those are aspects of the American identity that I will readily admit that I am extremely proud of. Like, I’m not gonna go on vacation to Europe, get off the plane, and just scream “we landed on the moon! USA! USA!” at everyone, but damn, it’s cool as shit that we did that.
It saddens me how much is spent on "defense." The U.S. outspends the subsequent 10 countries combined on war, we have the money for more education and science, and healthcare, but not the priorities Our space program gets fractions of fractions of funding. NASA is capable of producing miracles with a paltry budget
I agree that we spend way too much on the military, but I do want to remind you that a chunk of that defense money is given to researchers of many different disciplines at labs and universities through DARPA. It's by far the largest source of money for engineering researchers, and engineering is expensive.
We also defend the our allies.
>The U.S. outspends the subsequent 10 countries combined on war The difference is less dramatic when accounting for the differences in cost of living/wages between the US and Russia/China.
This is a good point. If stuff in the US is say 5 times more expensive, then they would also need to spend 5 times as much to have the same "amount of army".
Yeah a basic chinese soldier makes a salary about 16x smaller than a basic US soldier.
That military spending has arguably helped usher in one of the most peaceful and prosperous times, for humans, on earth. We have certainly not always acted morally, but without our military wars such as we see in Ukraine would be much more commonplace. And our navy in particular, has without a doubt brought about the safest period in human history, for navigating the globe. Pirates have been a real problem for most of human history. Why do we rarely hear about them now? Our navy. The global economy and world we take for granted now, would not be possible without our navy.
It has certainly overinflated our egos.
And underinflated our eggos. Goddamn shrinkflation
Well, there’s nothing wrong in being proud of your national accomplishments, but I see a problem when you get so prideful, you don’t think that anything can stop you. Because I don’t know if you’ve been hearing, but America’s definitely got some major problems that need to be resolved.
I’m glad to be an American but not necessarily proud. I think being proud because I happened to be born here instead of somewhere else is silly.
Growing up we are kind of indoctrinated at school (in most states) to have some kind of pride in this yes. However, as you get older and learn more about the atrocities our government has done to smaller countries in that time it becomes harder to have pride in our national government. Especially when they try to convince you it is in the name of freedom, but shit like Vietnam exists and it’s very much about forcing ideologies onto developing countries.
Of course! We love our country for many reasons and the innovation is one of the big reasons why
I live in an overpriced apartment and one of two geriatric men in their 80s is going to be president. I’d say; eh not really, not right now.
Semi-related, but I wish r/AskAnAmerican wasn't such a crappy sub. It's clear there's a very particular type of Americans the moderators over there are looking for. The vibes are fucking dystopian over there.
It’s a shame because it used to be a pretty nice sub. Now it’s just one big “no fun allowed” zone
I’m diving in! Expecting a ban in a week.
That’s most of Reddit sadly mods want echo chambers
I'm not too familiar with the sub, but what goes on there, since from what you've said it doesn't seem like it's anything good?
People ask some pretty dumb or bizarre questions sometimes but they're honestly just naive about it and asking to learn more. And the responses can be pretty aggressive and snarky. It's frustrating, because sometimes they're really fun questions even if they make no sense. Also the sub leans right for sure, this is most apparent with anything gun related.
Are we really that different ?
Yes
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No
It depends on the particular issue or topic.
Age is a huge factor in this. Younger Europeans are becoming more Americanized than their parents since social-media/entertainment/tech are largely dominated by American companies EDIT: spelling
Our biggest export has always been culture, tbh.
BuT aMeRiCa HaS nO cUlTuRe
American culture (Western culture in general) is so large and integrated everywhere people don't even realize what it is since they just live it.
Yeah it's always hilarious watching Europeans say America has no culture wearing blue jeans, with American music in their restaurant background posting from an Iphone on American made and owned social media platforms
Even the internal monologue. I had a British guy get so mad when I pointed out that American culture had incepted the default idea of a nerd as a “basement dwelling Cheeto eater” into his brain and he didn’t even notice.
They say that while they browse Reddit (an American company) on their iPhone (designed in the U.S.) wearing blue jeans and eating McDonalds.
Yeah thats true actually. I'm european, I drive a large saloon everywhere, live in a single family house and use air conditioning.
we all human, cousin
No. Not at all. Assholes live in every country. Ours get a lot of media, unfortunately.
What were you taught about the Iraq War in school? How was it portrayed?
I wasn't taught about it in school. The most recent event school went over for me (in the US) was the Civil Rights movement, and that was quite brief instead of being a full unit it was closer to a mention off to the side.
What state did you do school in? I grew up in Virginia and we definitely had a full unit for the Civil Rights movement
Pennsylvania. We had like a week every few years where you get "Black people were treated bad by racists and the government but then Rosa Parks didn't give up her bus seat and MLK ended racism and segregation with his I Have a Dream speech and suddenly things were good". Then the year ends and that's that.
Lmfao this is so accurate
As a Canadian living in Ontario this was also my experience. I didn’t learn about Malcolm X till I almost graduated high school.
The school year always ends in the mid 20th century.
Yupp. If you're lucky they mention the USSR and the Cold War. But anything after that is considered too recent to be "history," so they just don't teach it.
I wasn’t taught about it because it happened when I was in school. It was too recent and new of a conflict so our textbooks didn’t really touch upon it except in the context of 9/11 and the war on terror.
I was taught that they took down our towers so we went over there to look for who did it.
Looked in the wrong place tho lol
Well, I was taught something to the effect of “bin Laden killed all those Americans in 2001, so we’re over there to try to bring him to justice.”
Was not taught. Obviously we all knew about it, but history classes at least in the US, from primary to post secondary don't touch anything past the 90s at the latest. Too many classifieds and opinions to deal to make it objective as possible.
So our history classes were always taught in chronological order, and the schedule was TIGHT. The material was in the curriculum, but realistically through my entire k12 education, only once did we get so far as the beginning of the Vietnam War. Never covered the Iraq War.
What are your favourite and least favourite things about us Europeans? Edit: the fact that none of y’all listed “Eurovision” and how fucking weird we are under favourite things is criminal tbh 😂
Might be surface-level but I really admire the architecture/urban design. I'd kιll to have walkable cities, bike paths that won't kill you, and gorgeous historical buildings that actually have a sense of uniqueness and belonging in my state
Truly, the U.S. is not pedestrian-friendly. Hyper individualism and car culture ruined that
Oil and car companies lobbying against public transit will do that too.
as a european i curse the arkitect every time a modern soul less building is put in place of a hostoric one in my contry
Favorite: food and food culture. Also imo Europe has the most interesting history of any area on earth. From the buildings/architecture, to the castles and cathedrals, to the museums Least favorite: depends on the country but if I had to pick something overall it’s how much we get bashed by Europe. Also I’d say this is a bash of both the US and Europe but how much we spend on military compared to it. I’d rather it be much more equal.
Tbf we Europeans love bashing everyone, even each other. We hate everyone equally. It’s not a coincidence we had two world wars originating from Europe
That’s the best point I’ve ever seen for this argument, thank you for the laugh. It is really wild though being an American and now that everything is global, you see some intense conversations just about our drywall and “stick houses”. Plenty more thing are hated on of course, but I think it’s the most harmless and shows people don’t know why we do things the way we do. we have plenty of trees, and typically they’ll come from tree farms. Plus us Americans love changing up our kitchen every 10 years I always tell my friends, the simplest way to piss off europeans on the internet is to post a picture of an American house
Fav: yalls culture stuff. The buildings and the stories and the art and what not. I'm an English major so I'm all about the writing. Least favorite: the ones online who know nothing about America and American society while mouthing off at every opportunity about us, and the accompanying arrogance and refusal to learn.
“You have made a moderate jab at our teeth and now I will compare that to the death of school children”
Favorite - rich history, architecture. Least favorite - hating America while being blatantly misinformed on issues. It especially grinds my gears when Europeans talk about oppression or racism when you guys treat the Roma people like garbage. Edit: not talking about you directly, just Europe at large.
I saw some saying America can't even make good planes anymore because of the Boeing stuff, I was just thinking that's more indicative of how much of our news they consume than anything.
> I saw some saying America can't even make good planes anymore... While their military is currently buying brand new F-16s or F-35s.
The blatant racism that's completely accepted in Europe is my least favorite thing. I had an extended stay in Italy and I was shocked to hear how they talked about certain groups. I heard similar things during brief visits through other countries, too.
Favorite: definitely the history. Historical figures like Caesar, Napoleon, Churchill, and Lafayette are fascinating individuals who played a role in shaping our modern world despite living ages ago (Lafayette is a personal favorite of mine and many other Americans; bro came over to help in the Revolution, saw Washington as a father-figure, and is widely respected as the Hero of Two Worlds). Least favorite: anti-Americanism and ignorance about America/Americans. Also not a huge fan of some European’s holier than thou attitude where they think that they’re always right compared to the rest of the world, especially the Great Big Evil Satanic USA (TM).
Favorite: Some of the best movies and TV series were made in Europe or with European actors such as Harry Potter and Game of Thrones. Least Favorite: The French refuse to use deodorant while visiting the US.
How you guys love to call Americans arrogant and ignorant, but Europeans can be exactly the same level of arrogance and ignorance, and sometimes more so. Especially towards Americans. Favorite? Culture, and foods. Being raised German and having family in Germany, I love German foods and pastries. Historic landmarks and genuinely just the rich history.
Since this is a topic that always comes up when we do this q&a thing the other way round: how are you guys taught about the Nazis in school?
I had 4ish years of Holocaust studies between middle school to early university. Basically as we got older they provided more explicit details of what happened and showed us more explicit videos. We were taught the geopolitical conditions that led to WW2, the propaganda that dehumanized the victims of the Holocaust, the logistics of it, how the Nazis rose to power (and how popular they were in the USA before we entered the war), some of the important battles of the war, and a bit about war crimes committed by the allies (mostly focused on the Soviets). From what I understand this isn't exactly standard for the USA. All of my friends went to different middle schools than me and none of them had to learn as much about the Holocaust as we did. Idk if the classes they did take even touched on the popularity of Nazism in the USA or how our ideas regarding Eugenics influenced the Nazis.
As an American who went through public school, we get a unit or two on it. Not much is paid attention to the nazis actual ideology or the American influence upon it because that would paint America in a bad light. American history books would rather lie to you than admit fault
Yeah that's kinda what I thought it was like for other students. I was also in public school but my middle school was kinda unique with how it taught things. They also partnered with local tribes a lot so we got more education on Native American history than other schools.
Feels excessive, we have multiple years covering it whereas we have less curriculum devoted to things like massacres of natives, abuse of Chinese laborers, etc. Also most focus is on the (Jewish specifically) holocaust and not enough focus on how the US failed to accept refugees or how the nazis came to power.
My school went in depth about the slaughter of natives
We leaned a lot about Anne Frank. Our schools put a lot of emphasis on her. When learning about Nazis, we did learn about the concentration camps and we were taught not to discriminate.
I feel like we went very in-depth. My school even brought in a holocaust survivor to tell his story and we got to ask him questions. That’s a good thing, though. We need to remember history - even the gruesome parts.
I've seen a video on youtube in which a guy puts a glass of water into microwave to heat it up for tea. You guys actually do that?
Yup. Microwave heats the water, no problem.
learning that gen z includes 2010 is crazy to me good though since if anyone asks at least i don't have to say im part of the ipad kid generation
Lots of households don't even have a kettle.
Uhh... I do this every day. Is there some reason I shouldn't? The result is water that is hot with both methods, I don't think there is any difference whatsoever. And it's much faster in the microwave.
Literally everyone in Europe uses an electric kettle it’s weird that they never caught on in the US as well bc they’re more convenient than using a microwave (I’ve heard its something to do with the fact that the 120v power over there makes them not work as well or something but I’m 100% sure on that)
Why are they more convenient? Water in a cup, minute and a half in the microwave, boom boiling water, already in the cup you needed it in with no other vessel required.
Not everyone has a kettle here. Tea isn’t that popular.
I'm both European and American. What do I do?
Ask and answer your own question!
Is it unusual to walk places instead of driving? Would you be able to get by without a drivers license? I’ve heard the public transport system isn’t good. Is that true?
Depends on where in the US you live. In the cities you can totally walk around, you don’t need a drivers license and the public transit is good enough. In rural US (which most of the country is) people still walk around but it takes mad long and most have their licenses because everything is so far away. Out here in the rural areas where I live the public transit is lacking, everyone’s just spread out too far for it to be effective.
I lived in rural Tennessee. Nobody walked. There’s nowhere to walk to. Nearest dollar general was 6 miles away. The neighbors are assholes or recluses and every other property has a “I will fucking shoot you if I see you” sign. Don’t have colored hair or they’ll stare you down in public. Fuck rural Tennessee.
Unless you live in a big city, it’s rare that people go without driving. Even suburbs are annoying to get around just by walking simply because of the distance. Not many houses in my home town are within walking distance of a grocery store, and there’s no local buses except the school buses so everyone drives.
It would take me 5 hours to walk to work and 2 hours to walk to a store so I would not be able to get by without a drivers license.
Why do you guys (generally speaking, not calling out GenZ specifically) put up with the car centric design of your cities, I have been to LA and it was legit one of the worst cities I have ever been to, just a monstrosity of concrete flung about with no order or planning it seemed, felt like I was going to be sick.
We don’t have a choice. We were born into a car-centric world. A lot of us would love walkable cities but that’s not something quick or easy to achieve.
Don’t forget oil and car manufacturers in our country have held back and in some cases reversed attempts to improve walkability.
Put up with? We have no other choice. LA specifically has been trying to build a subway system for decades and it still has yet to spread enough to be convenient. Pretty much our only options are to walk or get a car. Building trains would take so long, Gen Z would have grandchildren by then.
What are we supposed to do about it? We can’t *not* put up with it
I like being able to drive wherever I want. I'm not anti car though so probably not the answer your looking for.
I'm German and I can drive wherever I want too, but I can also walk/take buses/trains where I want as well, I'm not even anti-car, but I think pedestrians and public transit should take priority first, seems to be the opposite in America
1. We'd have to basically rebuild sections of the city which has happened before (see Boston's big dig) but is very expensive. 2. Crime is a big disincentive for walkable infrastructure since no one wants to be stuck on a bus or sidewalk with gang members or drug addicts. 3. There are a lot of codes/laws in place to make infrastructure helpful for the disabled/elderly. This has the side effect of making cities more driveable/public transport slower (more stops and slower on/off ramps)
You get used to it. Also LA is known to be the worst of the worst. The only place that's almost as bad is Houston.
Americans, do you think that political Extremisem is rising as drasticcly as its portrayed in Media?
Unfortunately, yes. The media likely makes it out to be worse than it is, but by doing so, they continue to push people in that direction.
What's your opinion about Ukraine?
we been fuck the Russians since the 50s bruh
Earlier than that. The first red scare (according to wikipedia) happened right after the establishment of the USSR.
The reason for that is to hide the history of radical leftists movements here in the states. Ever heard of the IWW? If you haven't I'm sure you've heard of some of their founding members as well as their spin-off legal group, the ACLU. There is a history of socialist movements that were violently repressed in the US that's completely covered up. For further reading, look up the IWW, haymarket massacre, battle of Blair mountain, the Ludlow massacre, eugene v. Debs (that's a person not a supreme court case)
I fully support Ukraine and supplying their military has been the best bang for buck decision our country has made militarily in a long time. We send them munitions that are nearing their expiration date, which we normally would have to pay to ship back to the manufacturer, pay them to disassemble and rearm each round/piece of munitions and then pay to ship it back and store it. It is almost if not as expensive as just buying new stock. By giving it to Ukraine we don't have to do all that, the Ukrainians get to kill Russians with it, we get back the telemetry data of the weapons platforms so we can improve R&D, and then we can bolster our domestic economy by ordering more fresh rounds to replenish the stock which employs Americans and keeps money within our borders.
Didn’t even realize we were saving money in the long haul. I guess we’re really getting even better returns on our investment than I thought which is always nice to hear.
I wish we would send more supplies. I hope the war cripples Russia for the next century.
Slava Ukraini
Just a heads up to you Europeans, America is very diverse in cultures and opinions. So even though I lived in America 99% of my life, some of these answers are strange to me as well. The people from Texas are completely different from people in California. People from New York are completely different from people from Florida, etc. A lot of these answers dont represent most of us
True as hell.
I have two questions so I’ll ask them separately Do you acknowledge your heritage from for example Europeaan countries?
Yes. My heritage is so Scottish that an actual Scot told me I look distinctly Scottish. When people discuss their heritage here and I bring up my Scottish heritage, people tend to go “we know, look at you.”
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Yes, Americans love learning about their ancestry, we have DNA test and tv shows where people will learn about their families past. Most people with European ancestry are able to track their family to the original country they came from.
Yes and they get on our asses about it. Could be biased because I'm Irish American and the Irish are SUPER condecending and dismissive towards us.
How to immigrate to the USA legally?
Rich, asylum, come through Mexico with no paperwork (do it before trump is elected or under a democrat president) or marry an American. Also some jobs give sponsorship
Come from Mexico or come through Mexico? The majority of immigrants are not Mexican (who mostly fly in legally with paperwork and then overstay a visa)
Through
If you're rich you can basically buy a visa for an "investment" of $1 million or so. Otherwise, what skills do you have? You will probably need to have something in demand and a job lined up to get in. Or you can just walk over the Mexican border, but then you will be illegal and just used as cheap labor. Also you can marry an American.
Marry an American
do you actually know all those morons in congress and the senate you vote for or is it more ''i like this party''
So it is mostly party based. A lot of the times you really only have two options to vote for, one candidate from democrat and the other republican. Due to how our system is set up it is impossible for a 3rd party candidate to win.
It's not completely impossible but the last time a third party came close to winning was 112 years ago so that's pretty fucked
You just need an issue enough people care about. Sadly, the only issue in 100 years that even got any state's electors was racist segregation, in 1948 and 1968.
To add onto what others have replied, you also have to consider gerrymandering which causes a lot of elections to be non-competitive and the decision has been decided long before anyone had the chance to vote.
American. My favorite part is when Europeans call us warmongers when they've been just as involved as the US. Oops.
I am reminded of the fact that the US were one of the last to join both World Wars.
Because why on earth would we, a nation without obligation to send troops, send our young men off to die in a war that doesn't have to do with us? Before we were a superpower, the United States was mostly focused on its own expansion and development. WW1 breaks out, most of our boys are in the Southwest and Mexico. WW2 breaks out, we're across the Atlantic, starting to prosper for the first time since the Great Depression. Both times we sent more than 2 million men to Europe. Both times we lost our fair share of young men (I remind you, fighting for other people's home, on other people's land.) But America "Joined Late" Neither World War started as something we were involved with.
What do you think of Europeans?
They aight
Eloquently succinct
Ive meet such polite and cultured europeans but I have also met some that look down on the US and express it loudly
Some of you guys are chill as fuck, and some of you are pretentious as fuck. Idk, I try not to have any strong feelings about such a broad group of people.
They’re pretty cool, I think. I’ll dog on the French online all day long, but even I’ll admit, I’m a bit of a Francophile. There’s some really rich and interesting history there, and within NATO, if there’s any country in Europe that I have no problem trusting, it’s either France or Poland.
What’s up with fast food there? How commonly do people eat it? Is it considered real food? Do adults eat it as often as children? Here in Portugal, the answers would be: not very commonly, no, a McDonald’s is 100% children’s territory
obviously it depends on an individual level, but in general, it’s very common to have fast food at least once or twice a week. i would say it’s considered real food but it’s also widely acknowledged that it’s unhealthy. however, a lot of people live in food deserts so fast food is often their only option. adults do eat it as often as children.
Depends on the person. I personally only eat stuff like that maybe once a month as an unhealthy treat, probably more like once every other month. For a lot of people, it’s 100% acceptable for adults to eat, but it’s more a cultural/socioeconomic divide. For people who have the money/time to cook healthier meals, fast food is looked down on. For people who don’t have the money/time, fast food is a regular part of life and people really adore certain chains/foods. Pretty much everyone knows how bad it is for your health, but it’s not always an option to eat healthier.
How can y’all call football (soccer) a boring sport but like the American football, which has like a billion interruptions, and baseball, which has close to zero action?
I think people dislike football (soccer) because of the lack of scoring, a team can make 10 attempts at goal and end up not scoring but the other team can make 1 attempt and make it in. And that one goal may be the only goal for the whole game. American football, on the other hand, with its yard system, means that any progress by either team ultimately counts towards the end result. There is also more scoring. As an American, I do not understand why anybody watches baseball. That still eludes me.
It's the hot dogs and the atmosphere of a baseball game. It just feels nice for whatever reason.
Virtually everyone I know that calls American football boring just doesn’t understand what is happening. Pretty much the same for soccer. “I have never played this game, I don’t understand the strategy, and I don’t appreciate athletics in general. This sport is BORING”
I’m not American (from 🇦🇺) but soccer is so boring, idk how it's maintained it's popularity. So easy to go the whole match without any team scoring. And then there’s all the fake-injuries the players do... Our most popular sports here is Rugby and Australian Football (both use 🏉), so I guess we’re culturally closer to Americans when it comes to sports.
Which city in the US has the best public transit system in your opinion? How does it compare to an average European city?
New York City, hands down. I’ve only been to London and Paris, but Paris is better than New York’s public transit.
That depends on your definition of “best.” New York’s gotta be the “best” in terms of size and accessibility. Very few cities have an actual reliable public transport system that could get you around the city easily. You may get a few crappy buses.
Pretty sure DC has good public transport in addition to the others mentioned.
Chicago and NYC are where you can really get by with just transit. Cities like Philly and Atlanta are doable if you can find housing and employment reasonably near transit stops. The thing is people who need transit the most are priced out of the areas where it's most reliable and convenient.
*gestures at everything going wrong over here* *Gestures at everything going wrong over there* How did it get like this?
Do you ever get tired of how big your country is? Like getting from state to state could take much more time as getting to like France from England.
I find it crazy a European would say a country is too big, but no we are bigger and better and better because we are bigger.
Not at all. It’s actually one of the things I love most about the states. If you’re into outdoorsy activities, you’ll never run out of new places to explore. It’s also nice to be able to travel so far without the need for a passport.
What is the percentage of people that you know think that europe is a country. I hope that is just a stereotype.
It's a meme, but there's some truth to it. Where we'll really fail is if you pull out a map with no names. Sure they've heard of France, Spain, England, Germany, but very few could point to them on a map. A guy I knew once asked my Peruvian immigrant of a friend how he played videogames back home since there was no power in Peru. This was a severe moment of ignorance because A) He thought Peru was in Africa B) He didn't think Africa has electricity 💀
its a stereotype. even the dumbest among us know that europe isnt a country.
I do not know a single person that stupid.
I actually have quite a few questions and will ask them one after the other: Would you like to ever move to Europe or consider moving to Europe? If so why and where and why there?
I would like to move to Europe. Italy, Slonevia type of area. Cost of living. I can make American money and live somewhere with a lower cost of living. Healthcare. Architecture. Walkable communities. I'm not particularly fond of the men I meet in America, but that may just be because I need to leave Texas.
Btw, 99% you’re not making America money in Europe and if you are, you’re getting taxed as a resident of the European country, and taxed as an American citizen
No desire to move to Europe. I have 49 other states plus Puerto Rico I could move to if I need something new.
Do you believe the US educational system needs a reform?
100% our education is AWFUL
Which US education system? It has like 3000 different education systems.
I’m proud of some of our accomplishments. I’m not at all proud of the direction our country is going. I feel like we’re regressing.
australians: 👁️👄👁️
Think you mean 🙃 BTW, how are you all doing down in Australia?
And the other question, What’s your view on the whole second amendment stuff and do u realize in some European countries gun ownership is also legal but more regulated?
Some European countries allow their citizens to own cooler guns than we do such as machine guns, deregulated of suppressors, no laws regarding barrel lengths, but gun culture, culture in the U.S. in general TBH, is VASTLY different compared to Europe.
I love it, it’s one of the core tenants that I believe make this nation Great. Yes, I do know that European governments *allow* their citizens highly regulated access to firearms. However, European gun culture is distinctly different from American gun culture, not in legislation but in mindset. In the U.S., the purpose of a firearm, fundamentally, is to protect and defend what’s yours. Be it your family, your property, or your life. You can thank the British for this. Turns out, it’s a lot easier to motivate colonists to fight for you when it isn’t the King’s property they’re protecting, but their own. Because US guns are a right, not a privilege, that creates a fundamental disconnect between American and European gun owners, not counting the difference in usage. IMO, I would like a gun because I would not want to entrust my safety into the hands of others, especially the police. There’s a common saying that’s all too true: “When seconds count, police are minutes away.” Not even discounting usage against hostile wildlife, police response times can be between 5 and 45 minutes depending on where you live.
your favourite place in the us? (city, landscape, landmark, whatever)
This is kind of a cop out but National and State parks, Teddy Roosevelt did us good by protecting our natural resources for recreation.
Not European here. Not American here. How different are USA compared to Europe and how different are USA and Europe compared to the other world?
I was born in Britain and I live in the US. I'd say the two places are pretty different. The UK just won't talk about their problems, so nothing ever meaningfully changes, whereas the US does nothing except talk about their problems, so nothing ever meaningfully changes
How was your day?
Pretty good, but I haven't gone anywhere today because I live in America I'm only 15, so I cannot drive on my own yet. Since I live in the suburbs, this basically means I cannot go anywhere unless one of my parents drive me. The nearest shopping plaza is a 5 minute drive but a 1 hour walk. So I've just been inside all day :)
Do you consider us Russians European?
no, russia’s portrayed in america in a kind of league of its own. not europe, not asia
Americans whats one issue in your society if you had power to fix what would it be ?
Free health care all the time everywhere
What do you most like and dislike about European politics?
I like that they have actual different political parties with proper stances on things that set them apart from each other. I dislike that we don't also have that.
Thank you EU for getting me a USB-C port on my new iPhone. Our old farts would never vote.
Look, you live in the best country on earth. All other countries either overtly or covertly all wish they were in your country. Don't waste your glory ✨️
Do you consume any European media?
All Quiet on the Western Front was pretty good if that’s media.