> My perception is rather that Americans have very high tendency to assume they are the greatest country in the world. And because of mostly learning about thei

> My perception is rather that Americans have very high tendency to assume they are the greatest country in the world. And because of mostly learning about their own country and history in school it is harder to hold themselves to higher standards Anecdotally, as an American, I meet many more Americans that are critical of America compared to Americans that regard America as the greatest country in the world. But, hey, I’m just an ignorant American whose only lived here my whole life and was actually educated in the US so it’s not like I have any insight into what Americans learn/don’t learn and common attitudes of normal Americans.