I think ZorroFonzarelli has it down. The U.S. is such a big world player that it is a good place to heap on scorn and criticism of flaws that are not unique. People speak of our freedoms being taken, while we can loiter innocently on the streets without being heckled by police and can play the games we want, read the controversial books we take interest in. People say the 1st amendment is dead no longer active, while their own countries have little more than dodgy legislation that only defends their rights to a point. People say we are trundling towards a police state, apparently blind to laws being considered and enacted in their country, while other real authoritarian governments somehow cease to exist in their mind. Some say violence dominates our cities as chavs, skinheads, pushy muslims and drunken soccer fans run through their streets. If the U.S. does not aid beleaguered nations it is called selfish, inactive, as if it doesn't care for world affairs. If it sends its military to try and stabilize a violent scrap of land it is imperialistic and violent.
The United States has issues no different from any other nation. It may be better in some respects, and worse in others. What many who criticize need to remember is that they share the same problems, no matter what their misbegotten sense of intellectual nationalism tells them.
The United States has issues no different from any other nation. It may be better in some respects, and worse in others. What many who criticize need to remember is that they share the same problems, no matter what their misbegotten sense of intellectual nationalism tells them.
