30 Things Americans Can’t Seem To Live Without, As Observed By Non-Americans

They said the belief that Americans are free, not the reality.

Their prison system is the worst globally

If you take away the "typical" from "stereotypical," it just becomes a stereo.

I don't see that as a bad thing. Do you?

I should have been more clear. I was mostly commenting on your last sentence about tDump landing in jail. Although you make great point about freedom of speech and I agree with that.

Being fired for your sexual orientation is illegal and if your employer were foolish enough to say that’s the reason, you’d be well advised to file a discrimination lawsuit.

As a senior I know this was the belief for decades before FOX news.

Fox has been further left than CNN for a long time now.

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Fox news is now "obedient" Fox Entertainment which is owned by Disney and over 30% of Disney is owned by the Chinese. You cannot get any comments posted on Fox News online if the comments are remotely critical of either the Chinese commies or the left. They also ban people who do not assume the position.

and somehow they fail to see the flaws of such a system....

Someone who loves their country doesn’t pretend it’s perfect, they acknowledge its faults and work towards fixing them.

Depending on how you define things, there are many jurisdictions that can lay claim to this coveted title. Iceland and the Isle of Man both have interesting claims to democracy. Each has a parliamentary body that is over 1,000 years old, making them the longest standing democratic institutions in the world. But Iceland only got its independence in 1944 from Denmark — and while it is self-governing, the Isle of Man is not a country.

We can live without this, except from a young age we are told that thats socialism, and socialism is one step away from communism, and we need our system because a socialist one is doomed to fail and lead you into debt. Because its the billionaires that make the curriculum.

Our sense of superiority has led to Brexit. Can't wait for that to blow up in our faces. :-(

Why are you ashamed? Did you participate in it? You can only take responsibility for what YOU do nor can you take credit for what others have done. You learn and grow.

Every place has skeletons in its closet. Some things we now find unacceptable were no big deal—-and even sanctioned by law—-back in the day. We could put a more positive spin on it by being truthful about it and not writing revisionist history—-then actually teaching it to our children! But we must let them know that we must learn from those mistakes, and make the world a better place for everyone. The caveat is that we can never allow ourselves to rest on our laurels and stop fighting, because the knuckledraggers are just laying in wait to take over and pull us back into making those mistakes again,

As a Canadian I am ashamed of the treatment of indigenous people in my country. At least we are starting to acknowledge it.

and Australian Aboriginals

The slave trade was a lucrative business initiated and dominated by the Spanish as they need cheap labour in the Americas. The British, seeing the huge downstream profits, got into the trade too, particularly when cotton farming expanded in the South. After the Revolution, the Americans became rather addicted to slavery and it was a feature of the economy in the North for quite some time. --> As for the Irish Famine, the immensely racist Brits thought little of the massive death toll as it freed up land for investors. The Irish have many reasons to loath the British, who considered them sub-humans: sound familiar?

Yes, the Brits participated in the slave trade, along with every people since the beginning of time. You should take pride that the British Empire not only stopped slavery in its Empire, but also eradicated the practice in most of the world thanks to the Royal Navy's efforts to block its trade on the high seas. True that the English did screw over their nearest neighbours time and time again though.

Why? It's only the far right that think this, I had absolutely nothing to do with any of that so why should I take blame, this is the problem in the UK, thinking we are our history, drives me insane

I am Russian. What to say, may I hug you and share feelings?

Then you are a credit to your country and that you should be proud of. Share your beliefs, knowledge can help change come about.

saaaammme here my friend

Glad someone can acknowledge it wasn't just Americans with slaves and the Yankee north in America needs to be less smug because until Emancipation Proclamation slavery was abundant and accepted in northern states

My dad's grandmother and her brother lived with his parents when he was growing up. They came here during the famine (we always call it the potato famine here, I hope that's not offensive). I remember him saying that you couldn't ever talk about the English without them getting completely incensed.

Mybe but the English have been brainwashed concerning the Irish famine to an extent, we could not help the Irish when all down the West Coast of England and Scotland were having the same famine, people seem to have forgotten this in history.

I think you need to re-check the Irish treatment, not good by a long way but so many other aspects governed the British actions. Do not think Britain thinks itself superior suppose it depends what part of Britain one comes from and who one mixes with.

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I'm on the fence with this, I'm English but from Scottish/Irish immigrants so it's highly unlikely it had anything to do with my family as they were dealing with the English from the other side of things. But I'm not proud of the country of my birth, I've even stopped supporting England rugby because the supporters and team have that mentality, Ireland all the way, at least we win or lose with a bit of dignity.

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I'm English, and love it. None of what you say is true. Were you there?. Peoppe like you constantly bad mouth and criticize. Go and live in another country see how quickly you appreciate England.

As an american (and a baker) I've become obsessed with the Great British Baking Show. I'm fascinated by the different ingredients people in the UK cook with. Everything looks so much less sweet. And in my opinion, it tastes much better for that reason. And when they have anything american included in the show, the contestants always comment about how much sweeter, treats are in the US.

Yeah, america has a serious empathy problem. It always makes me sad how we make it so much harder for people to get by here.

What?!

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I agree, but our does taste better.

Not here in Pakistan. The average burger costs 4 dollars= 600rs. In that money you could buy 1kg potatoes, 1kg ocra, and 1 cauliflower with some money left to spare. It's a whole meal for 4 people. Fruit and meat is still kinda expensive though.

Same in New Zealand. It’s incredibly shitty.

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