[Landon]

Excellent question, and one that really needs to be addressed. To put it simply, it’s a combination of jealousy, misperception and disagreement. The vast majority of the countries that dislike us are envious of our position as the most overall powerful nation in the world, though they will never admit to it. Face it people, whether you like or dislike us, we are pretty much the center of everything and anything major that goes on throughout the world. The ball is in our court to make the big decisions that create the most substantial impact. Other countries want this opportunity, and consequently, are jealous. Secondly, many nations perceive Americans as being selfish, spoiled, and ill-moraled. The majority of this stems from jealousy. They observe the more difficult life that they have had to endure, and the more (but not much more) prosperous life the average American has lived and, in bitterness and misperception, stereotype Americans extremely inaccurately. Last of all, various nations of the world just don’t agree on very many issues as a whole. We come from so many diverse religions and races and cultures and backgrounds that we are going to always differ on something. America is put on a pedestool for everything, including its beliefs and methods, so more people are going a chance to disagree and, consequently, dislike us. All in all though, other countries have a right to disagree but little reason to dislike or hate us. We serve and protect those who seek freedom, and/or are being killed for their religion/race/sex. There are twisted and careless Americans who give us a negative reputation and act senselessly just like in any other culture. So I challenge those who hold disdain for America to give me 1 GOOD reason why we are evil, unethical, not to be trusted etc. And by the way, this is a misperception among many Americans. The number of countries that really hate us and don’t just hold some miniscule closet dislike for us that originates from jealousy is relatively small.

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Name : Landon, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, City : Austin, State : TX, Country : United States, Social class : Middle class, 

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