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In my experience, other countries don't view themselves that way, and it's mostly seen as an Americanism (I'm not American)
by anthonyshort 5y ago
In my experience, other countries don't view themselves that way, and it's mostly seen as an Americanism (I'm not American)
- andi999 5y agoLong time ago I heard this joke: Ship is sinking, the captain needs to tell everybody 'women and children first' . So to the british: you are gentlemen, aren't you? To japanese passengers: look what everybody else is doing. To US-American: you guys want to be heros?
- agumonkey 5y agoMaybe to a lesser extent but you can find Indian movies of absurd heroism too. That's what propped me to think America is not very special. Also being a young and rich state probably pushed things to eleven.
- ido 5y agoI wouldn't say "being young" is that relevant after a couple centuries. Nobody in the US today knows someone who witnessed the declaration of independence (unlike, say, in Israel or India).
- agumonkey 5y agoProbably. But I believe there's still a notion that they're new players who got everything right to the top. While other countries have seen peaks and valleys.
- Hokusai 5y agoThat is also true for the police. Usually the police is incompetent if you want to be funny, or they are suffering humans. The police as a hero is also USA propaganda.
- denton-scratch 5y agoBritish war films made 1939-1945 were explicitly propaganda. And there was a lot of them.