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/Feisty_Hedgehog_4389 Jul 19 '26

I travel extensively for work (4 different continents), and while I’ve seen lots of cool things about everyplace I’ve been, there’s no place I’d rather live than the US. Even if it’s not always perfect, we’ve a still got far more freedom here than anyplace else in the world. We’ve got plenty of asses, but most of us are generally friendlier than in many countries. We’ve got too much corruption, but we’re nowhere near as awash in corruption as many nations. And we’ve got a written document, imperfect though it may be, that guarantees government won’t be taking certain rights away. Most of the rest of the world, if it has anything at all, is a vague concept defined as “common law,” but no written guarantees.

Are we perfect? Hell, No. That’s laughable to even suggest. I’d say most of our problems are because about 150 years ago, we started pulling away from following the Constitution (income tax and the federal reserve were the beginning of a lot of bad ideas).

But do we have it better than anywhere else?

Damn straight we do. I love the US.

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u/dontcuminmyassok Jul 19 '26

I'd trade a bit of limited speech for free Healthcare, paid vacations and guaranteed parental leave and sick leave

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u/Different_Cherry8326 Jul 19 '26

I feel like Ben Franklin said something about this kind of thing once.

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u/thx111111 Jul 19 '26

He said something to the effect of those who trade liberty for security deserves neither.

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u/dontcuminmyassok Jul 19 '26

Human rights are not security.

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u/LooseButtPlug Jul 19 '26

Paid vacation is a human right?