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Americans aren’t cynical. 95% can’t define an economic system outside capitalism or a stance outside liberalism of conservatism. Americans don’t know anything

Americans aren’t cynical. 95% can’t define an economic system outside capitalism or a stance outside liberalism of conservatism. Americans don’t know anything about America. They love the Founding Fathers and founding of the country. There’s nothing critical to them. Holding the govt or corporations accountable is never done. Americans can’t talk about great govt program because there’s so few of them. Of the Govt programs they do talk about, the major ones are: Defense, Social Security, Medicare. That covers most of the usefulness of the government. That’s unfortunately capitalism. I’m first gen POC American, but I don’t like America. Anything Europe or EU is going to be better. Or Canada.

jasmer 4y ago
Americans are not cynical people, but they are cynical about their government. Remeber 'Rambo'? The simple Vietnam Vet who comes home and is harrassed by the Police for no reason? Or the 'Most American Film Ever' aka the Godfaather, which is criminal family's rise to power - and the Patriarch wanting the son to be 'something legit' aka a 'Senator'? That's JFK. The American military, DARPA etc. are all amazing things, and frankly so is the Constitution and major institutions aka Congress even as people are cynical they are 'believers' in the end. Anyhow - 'crude nationalism' isn't that common in intellectual circles where as defensive pro-EU (as an institution) commentary is all over the place and people who don't go for it are 'alt-something' etc. This is unique.