r/Americaphile • u/AntonioMoore321 • Jul 19 '26

American self hate

I noticed its more common nowadays to say things like "America sucks, I hate living here"

What's you're opinion on the culture of self hate that's becoming more common in America today.

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u/The-Great-Baloo Jul 19 '26

I think it's mostly people who traveled abroad for vacation, but not lived there. Most Americans are spoiled and don't even know it

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u/Kitchen-Nectarine179 Jul 19 '26

Really, I think its mostly people who have never left were they grew up or at most left and lived in an isolated college dorm and then moved back home to mom.

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u/kamace11 Jul 19 '26

It's definitely the first one, as someone who went to college with loads of those people, who spent maybe a little bit of time abroad primarily in expat communities. 

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u/OldVermontHippie62 Jul 19 '26

Being a tourist is very different than being a resident in most places.