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I'll bring in a Canadian perspective here. Being a neighbour, and frequently travelling down to the states, I can kind of differenciate between how Americans are viewed as a whole here, and how I personally view them.
I don't think that they are really as under-educated as they are made out to be. To me it seems that they just don't give two shits about where Britain is on a map, or what the weather would be like in Canada in the middle of July (couple stories about that one.)
From how I see it, American's don't have a good knowledge of other countries, or cultures, but then they don't have any desire to. They are all taught that United States is the greatest country in the world and that is all they need to know. I guess it is just more of an ignorance to the rest of the world, not stupidity.
Of course there are still the uneducated, but every country has that.
I also think that the media has tons to do with it. As we all know, the media focuses more on the negative aspects of society than the positives. Are you more likely to remember hearing about a guy who blows off his hand trying to go fishing with dynamite, or a guy who comes up with a new method for a transplant?
In my opinion alot of people just don't like Americans. For one reason or another; whether it is because they seem to take so much for granted, or because it seems like they don't really give a shit about the rest of the world, or whatever. I personally don't dislike them, I just know lots of people don't. I think that alot of this also stems from money. America is a capitalist society. They make a ton of cash. Look where most of the billionaires are from, look at where the major franchises are based out of, look at the shear amount of production they do. Other places resent this, and like to justify it to themselves; "oh they are all fat and lazy dumasses".
Now obviously this is extremely generalized. It is ment to depict a society, not an individual, so don't take it personal.
One thing I do notice when I do go to the states though...there is a fuck ton of fat people haha. That is one thing I INSTANTLY notice walking into a mall there. There are just lots of huge, like not a little extra chunk, but waddling blobs that are as tall as they are wide.
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