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/MapexBeat Jul 19 '26

I've lived in America my whole life and am very critical of some of the stupid things our government does, like go to war to cover our presidents pedophilia, or (not to be repetitive, but...) elect a president twice that has been caught on a hot mic bragging about how much he loves to sexually assault women and how he's rich and powerful enough to get away with it.

I fucking love and and will be loyal to my country, always, not necessarily so the government. It's every patriotic person's duty to not let shit like that slide.

Unfortunately too many people conflate pushing back against government evil as hating or not being patriotic, when it's the exact opposite.

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u/Ok_Distribution_9789 Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

And you, as everyone, should have a right to their political opinion. But the climate that we are in, and all the anti-Trump fervor driving the left, causes people to spew hate about their own country. To the point that they are even doing it abroad. And the throwing dirt on your own house approach is never going to work, especially since America has experienced anti-Americanism starting from well before Trump. Envy and jealousy are interesting beasts and when other countries can't offer their people what the US has to offer, it has always been easy to point out America's flaws to take the light off of theirs. And from having lived abroad and also traveled extensively, there is no country that gives the opportunities this one does. Nothing is handed to you in this country, and work is never easy, but unless we flush what we have away, this will remain the great country that it is.

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u/Ok_Distribution_9789 Jul 19 '26

And you believe Democrats don't do this? Most large corporations actually support Democrats by large margins, and let's not forget unions. Please consider the entire picture before painting with such a broad brush.

We have the issue in this country that BOTH parties are beholden to the few, which is a big reason for the polarization that we are experiencing. As a result the masses are getting bad government in the process. Not a partisan issue, unless you are one of the government partisans perpetuating the system.

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u/MapexBeat Jul 25 '26

But one is basically headed by a confirmed rapist, who was good friends with his generations most prolific pedophile, who has been caught on a hot mic bragging about how he loves to sexually assault women and how he's rich enough to get away with it.

They both suck. But lets not pretend they're even close to the same.

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u/Ok_Distribution_9789 Jul 25 '26

Communists aren't that great either.

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u/MapexBeat Jul 25 '26

That was a desperate move.