Can someone explain "American Arrogance" to me?

[beatslim]

Hear it all the time. Someone explain is this some jealousy thing from other countries or is there a legitimate gripe I dont know about?

 

[kix4kix]

Everytime you hear someone talk about this is the best country in the world....

Yeah...

 

[beatslim]

But is it not?

Cultural capital, sports capital, financial capital, military capital, pornography capital, and on and on and on.....

 

[faulkit28]

Alot of countries have this view that america is full of dumb, spoiled, rich people. And when americans(some) go to other countries, they act they'rebetter than the people in that country, because they're from america. It's like they meet one stuck up american and they use that one example and thinkthat all americans are like that. Its judging before they know.

 

[georgehimself]

Originally Posted by BEATSLIM

But is it not?

Cultural capital, sports capital, financial capital, military capital, pornography capital, and on and on and on.....

Thats it right there.

 

[step your game up]

Self-entitlement.

 

[erascism]

Because like when the Phillies won the World Series, they were called the World Champions. But America lost the World Baseball Classic, didn't evenfinish top 3 if I recall. That's why. I mean, it's called the World Series for chrissake.

It's like they're not arrogant really, but they just don't care about other countries. They live in a bubble.

When Americans travel abroad, they be trying to talk to the natives in English. I see this all the time.

 

[erascism]

Originally Posted by BEATSLIM

But is it not?

Cultural capital, sports capital, financial capital, military capital, pornography capital, and on and on and on.....

No, it's not. Quality of life trumps all that and that is not exclusive to the United States. Yeah, it's a cultural melting pot, but nobody wanted leave their homeland to come here for fun. They came for the scrilla.

Living the good life doesn't mean working 60/hours a week, eating at chain restaurants, and driving gas guzzlers.

 

[frank 7he t4nk]

Originally Posted by georgehimself

Originally Posted by BEATSLIM

But is it not?

Cultural capital, sports capital, financial capital, military capital, pornography capital, and on and on and on.....

Thats it right there.

Seriously.

 

[danikerhino]

Originally Posted by Frank 7he T4nk

Originally Posted by georgehimself

Originally Posted by BEATSLIM

But is it not?

Cultural capital, sports capital, financial capital, military capital, pornography capital, and on and on and on.....

Thats it right there.

Seriously.

And they also think every individual is full of themselves and are better than other nationalities.

 

[dmbrhs]

Originally Posted by ERASCISM

Originally Posted by BEATSLIM

But is it not?

Cultural capital, sports capital, financial capital, military capital, pornography capital, and on and on and on.....

No, it's not. Quality of life trumps all that and that is not exclusive to the United States. Yeah, it's a cultural melting pot, but nobody wanted leave their homeland to come here for fun. They came for the scrilla.

Living the good life doesn't mean working 60/hours a week, eating at chain restaurants, and driving gas guzzlers.

Then don't come here. Stay in your crappy home country. There are people who are willing to work hard when they come here. This country wasbuilt by people who emigrated from their home countries and worked hard.

 

[r33p04s]

Originally Posted by dmbrhs

Originally Posted by ERASCISM

Originally Posted by BEATSLIM

But is it not?

Cultural capital, sports capital, financial capital, military capital, pornography capital, and on and on and on.....

No, it's not. Quality of life trumps all that and that is not exclusive to the United States. Yeah, it's a cultural melting pot, but nobody wanted leave their homeland to come here for fun. They came for the scrilla.

Living the good life doesn't mean working 60/hours a week, eating at chain restaurants, and driving gas guzzlers.

Then don't come here. Stay in your crappy home country. There are people who are willing to work hard when they come here. This country was built by people who emigrated from their home countries and worked hard.

 

[the north west]

Originally Posted by ERASCISM

Originally Posted by BEATSLIM

But is it not?

Cultural capital, sports capital, financial capital, military capital, pornography capital, and on and on and on.....

No, it's not. Quality of life trumps all that and that is not exclusive to the United States. Yeah, it's a cultural melting pot, but nobody wanted leave their homeland to come here for fun. They came for the scrilla.

Living the good life doesn't mean working 60/hours a week, eating at chain restaurants, and driving gas guzzlers.

people all over the world come to America to have a better life for themselves and their family; how many people do you see wanting to immigrate to Spain tolive a better life???

 

[fanatic15]

^Lots. Some of them even (GASP) American!

It's foolish to think that people only come to America to have a better life. Many of the so called first world countries have plenty of immigrants asdoes America.

 

[ebayologist]

Read what I wrote in the thread "Canada? Hmm". That's American Arrogance to a T.

http://niketalk.com/topic/130106

 

[hypebeast mcstreetwear]

Honestly, even though I may have my complaints about the US here and there and don't actually see myself living ANYWHERE else. Maybe like another housesomewhere in Europe or something but I wont leave.

 

[tmukg21]

The brokest country is the most arrogant and cocky

The replies in this thread sum it up

 

[fantastic4our]

Originally Posted by r33p04s

Originally Posted by dmbrhs

Originally Posted by ERASCISM

Originally Posted by BEATSLIM

But is it not?

Cultural capital, sports capital, financial capital, military capital, pornography capital, and on and on and on.....

No, it's not. Quality of life trumps all that and that is not exclusive to the United States. Yeah, it's a cultural melting pot, but nobody wanted leave their homeland to come here for fun. They came for the scrilla.

Living the good life doesn't mean working 60/hours a week, eating at chain restaurants, and driving gas guzzlers.

Then don't come here. Stay in your crappy home country. There are people who are willing to work hard when they come here. This country was built by people who emigrated from their home countries and worked hard.

+@% like that is why foreigners don't like Americans. "Go to your country!" "Speak English!" America has no officiallanguage. We go to other countries and make no attempt to learn their language. We put military bases in other countries (modern day Imperialism).

 

[fanatic15]

And another thing (and this is my complaint about how some people view their own city as the best), at least experience other places before claiming it'sthe best in the world

. I mean seriously.

I'm American if that matters.

 

[rexanglorum]

American ignorance varies based on who defines it.

It can range from the arrogance or rather the ignorance that some Americans do display when talking about other countries or when traveling in other countries.

At the other end of the spectrum, American ignorance means that you do not show enough deference to the coffee house code that says that you must loudly asserthow much you hate all things American, feign interest in international news and make baseless promises about learning a new language.

The ugly American aboard and the wannabe jet set hipsters are both embarrassments to this country.

 

[trelvis tha thrilla]

Originally Posted by tmukg21

The brokest country is the most arrogant and cocky

The replies in this thread sum it up

So out of all the countries America is the "brokest"? Check again dude and "brokest" isnt a word

 

[mrmoneyindabank]

It the same as the whole NY thing within the United States. We've grown up constantly hearing that our country is far superior than any other country be ittrue or not.

 

[lazy b]

Originally Posted by tmukg21

The brokest country is the most arrogant and cocky

The replies in this thread sum it up

Brokest? America is still the richest country in the world. Its just having economic trouble.

 

[snaggykicks]

Originally Posted by Fantastic4our

Originally Posted by r33p04s

Originally Posted by dmbrhs

Originally Posted by ERASCISM

Originally Posted by BEATSLIM

But is it not?

Cultural capital, sports capital, financial capital, military capital, pornography capital, and on and on and on.....

No, it's not. Quality of life trumps all that and that is not exclusive to the United States. Yeah, it's a cultural melting pot, but nobody wanted leave their homeland to come here for fun. They came for the scrilla.

Living the good life doesn't mean working 60/hours a week, eating at chain restaurants, and driving gas guzzlers.

Then don't come here. Stay in your crappy home country. There are people who are willing to work hard when they come here. This country was built by people who emigrated from their home countries and worked hard.

+@% like that is why foreigners don't like Americans. "Go to your country!" "Speak English!" America has no official language. We go to other countries and make no attempt to learn their language. We put military bases in other countries (modern day Imperialism).

They should stay in there country

They really should speak english

it may not be the official language but its spoken by most americans they should just make it our official language

but other then that immigrants arent that annyoing to me

 

[alchemiss]

Originally Posted by Fanatic15

And another thing (and this is my complaint about how some people view their own city as the best), at least experience other places before claiming it's the best in the world

. I mean seriously.

I'm American if that matters.

Exactly. I honestly don't believe that there is one "best country" in the world. Going to Europe really opened my eyes about howothers view us. I could name a lot more countries that have a better quality of life but that's for another topic.