Tired of the America hate
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This isn’t about liberals or anything. It’s about remarks like: “America has No culture” or “American culture is just a watered down version of stolen European culture”. It gets annoying to hear such rubbish when you’re a patriot. I’m tired of it.
I’ve also heard that America never was anything but a copy of other cultures.
America doesn’t have any culture. If you would travel around the world you would see it clear as day. I didnt notice until i traveled, and when i realized what we were missing it made me sad. Still makes me sad. But its true.
They say you don’t get culture shock from traveling, you get culture shock when you return home, and thats what happened to me.
American culture is hunting, fishing, rodeos, country music, bbqs, church, working hard, inventions, just to name a few.
Why do these things not exist everywhere in this country today? Because the people who want to destroy America have spent decades destroying our culture. They've spent decades convincing people country music is for hillbillies. Church is evil. Guns are evil. American culture undoubtedly exists but most people don't choose to participate in American culture.
I've traveled and lived abroad for many many years. Bali undoubtedly has culture and traditions. But many pockets of Bali consist of all foreigner expats who have driven Bali culture out of that location and choose not to participate in it. Just because the culture doesn't exist in that pocket doesn't mean culture doesn't exist. Same with all the touristic and expat parts of Mexico. What's the theme here? Mass immigration is one of the things that kills culture. If you went to Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, you'd be convinced mexico has no culture. The difference is that many of those places only receive immigrants in pockets of communities and it's not every major city getting invaded. Whereas the US, its almost everywhere.
Also, the US and other parts of the west are the only places where we are taught in school and in the media to hate our country and culture. American culture exists, but you now have to travel within our own country to the places it hasn't been killed to experience it
Don't forget the tractor pulls!
Tractor pulls and farming! Very American indeed.
See? Even the Russian spy recognizes American culture!
Thanks, comrade.
I wasn't ever taught in public schools to hate America.
Consider yourself lucky. My high school didn't teach that to me but my college taught me that and to hate myself for being white. Took me a couple years to break the programming.
Yeah my colleges didn't teach me that either. I can't imagine so easily being led astray. Now sometimes, just like here they offered points of view that I didn't hold but I wasn't "brainwashed" or otherwise forced to abandon any notions that didn't sit right with me, after examination from all sides. Offered many opportunities to practice critical thinking but not be held to any mistaken positions once they didn't withstand scrutiny with new and/or revised and updated information. Man, I Iearned some stuff that I wish weren't true. But it is, and man this place is complex.
Anyway, glad you came back around. Pretty spectacular place.
In short of country music, rodeos, & bbqs - everything else you named is part of many other cultures too, America included. But I don’t think we can claim those other things as a being American culture. Also I would say that country music, rodeos, & bbqs are a Southern (American) culture.
America is America. You can subdivide it all you like, but you won't be able to remove the American aspect from your subdivision.
Also, American car culture, American movies, American music.
I grew up in California and believe it or not, California traditionally is a southwestern cowboy hat wearing, rodeo going place. I can speak to my culture here and have never lived in places like Michigan or New York and can't attest first hand to what traditional culture may exist there. The beautiful thing about a country of this size, is we have many different types of culture all within the borders. Even Germany, a country the size of Montana, the north and the south have very different cultures. For example, lederhosen and durndles come from south eastern germany (and parts of austria and northern italy) and traditionally speaking have no place in any other parts of Germany. Just because lederhosen doesn't exist in the north doesn't mean it isn't a part of German culture. I mean, they even speak different dialects that are almost different languages, but that is a conversation for another time.
You don't notice American culture because you live in it. American culture is the most potent culture in the world. Most of the world has appropriated it to a huge degree.
People in non-english speaking countries know the names of American movie stars and follow American politics more than their own countries. They wear American fashions. They eat American food. They organize their governments based on American government. They instituted freer markets raising billions out of poverty.
Name any culture that's more potent than American culture.
thats pop culture, which is fake a gay.
i was very impressed with Hungarian culture, even though i didn’t speak the language. Theres just a certain vibe to the people that simple doesn’t exist in America.
Its like the difference between a living person, and their dead body.
Youd have to experience it for yourself, and i hope you do someday.
I've experienced many cultures; been to more countries than I can count, on many continents. One thing I always noticed is how much American culture has permeated them.
Even traveling throughout the US you can experience many American cultures. Consider Louisiana vs Nebraska.
Just like you are, I'm trying to use words to explain something that goes beyond words. I'm just using concrete examples while you're not even trying.
Just because you’re used to it (standard/invisible to you) doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist haha
Then why does every country in the world partake of our biggest cultural exports? Namely, movies and music? Are you telling me that our art is not a cultural offering and that it's not consumed by other nations?
And could the argument be indoctrination just like why the majority can't / won't wake up?
I've traveled all over the world, too and let me tell you that I'm always so glad to be back home in the USA after returning!
I have relatives in Europe who would give anything to come and live in the US.
My conclusion is that when traveling you see the sights, eat in restaurants and see historic areas, buildings, museums, but try living in any of those countries even for a few weeks...it's not as you think.
A few years back I spoke to someone who moved from the US to the UK. They couldn't believe how hard it was to just get services for their apartment set up...internet, electric, etc. It was an awful experience for them and this is where people speak English.
You know the saying..."grass is always greener"...well, more than likely it's really not. Don't even start talking healthcare in other countries because though it's not ideal here these days, it's much better than many other places.
Many will give anything to come here. Not just bad people. And they don't have to be subhuman and part of some evil plan to want to come here. It's that good! Like you said, "anything".
Yes, so true.
Though many here have been disillusioned with what has happened in our country the last few years, it's still one of the best places to live in the world and there are many opportunities for someone coming here and willing to work and contribute to their communities.