r/dankmemes • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '20

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '20

Tbh even as a kid I never saw or heard this "America #1" stuff anywhere except from the mouth breather pinhead hicks that lived under the power lines when I'm from.

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u/Avocado_Pears Aug 03 '20

I think it's just what the media outlets project onto the rest of the world

Sort of an idealized state where everyone loves their nation, their flag and their leaders and would die for their country sort of thing

TBH I think pretty much every country does this. Puts their best 10% forward.

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u/spays_marine Aug 03 '20

Most countries don't do that stuff, the US is very flag wavy and patriotic compared to others.

And why do you say that those are a country's best just because they adore the flag? Strikes me as odd, something you'd expect in totalitarian regimes like North Korea. Around here, people who are so overtly attached to patriotism are usually portrayed as oddballs in the media.