Why is America viewed as the greatest country ever? rant

I'm an American, and I can say wholeheartedly that I loathe this country and what it's about.

• The nationalism is atrocious. It's so pungent to the point where it's jingoistic now; the military-esque pledges that you're indirectly, and sometimes directly pressured into in schools on a daily basis for 18 years is a form of brainwashing. Why am I standing towards a flag? Why am I reciting this pledge? How the hell is standing towards a flag supposed to pay respects to the veterans that fought for this country? Is standing in front of my refrigerator supposed to help world hunger?

• The prejudice is atrocious. This country is hailed for its diversity and yet we don't get along with each other, even people within the same ethnicity. I'll use blacks as a first hand example. A black person is discriminated against for a variety of factors, in my experience mostly for your behaviour and your appearance (skin tone). If you act "white", or in other words be proper, make good grades, not act like a hood rat, etc., you're already an outcast. And skin tone is another thing too. Dark-skinned blacks are discriminated by lighter-skinned blacks, which are discriminated against even-lighter skinned blacks. It never fucking ends. And while on the subject of blacks, let me talk about this:

• The over representation of blacks is disgusting. No other minority (asians, hispanics, semitic people, etc) get any representation here. Any discrimination against them is ignored while discrimination against blacks is put on the front news paper nation wide. I'm aware this is due in part that blacks have had a longer history in this country, but it's really sickening to see this hive mind among blacks; they don't acknowledge the struggles other minorities go through. It's all about ME ME ME ME ME, what BLACKS are going through, not what other MINORITIES are going through. Racism in this country has and still is one-sided.

• The political correctness is absurd. I often find white people are so scared to talk to blacks because they're afraid of offending them. They're scared of saying something "racist" to them to the point where they sometimes avoid us all together because of the hypersensitivity that's placed on them. Whites are very uncomfortable talking about race due to blacks blaming them for an array of issues (which is very misplaced), mainly for slavery (which is ironic, since they seem to ignore that Africans were the ones who allowed the slave trade to happen to begin with--and not all white ethnicities participated in slavery either).

• The education is awful. Public and private alike (I've been to both for multiple years) is packed with absurd amounts of infodumping. The US has a sluggish ranks in education and I believe this Speed Runner-like curriculum is due in part of trying to catch up with other countries on an intellectual level. Conclusion: by the time you come out of school, you don't learn anything except the essentials

• Loads of Americans are ignorant. We have this mentality that "MURRICA IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD" and with that type of mindset we ignore other cultures and its people in the process. The assimilation culture this country has has created a clusterfuck of a culture nationwide, something that can barely be called a culture in itself as it has no...passion. Nothing. It's just specs of random cultures often misused and appropriated. People have to drop their culture in order to fit in as well, which I am extremely displeased with. It hinders diversity culturally in this country.

But back to the above point, I don't like how Americans have arrogant attitudes towards other countries. We learn at a very early age that America is important and so is our language, and so we don't take the time to learn about what goes on outside of America. This is perhaps why Americans are labeled as stupid, since we don't take the time to learn about anything that's not discussed in America...which isn't much (see the education bit). I also dislike how when travelling abroad, Americans do not take the time to learn the language of the country that they're in. I find that extremely disrespectful how you come on their soil and expect them to cater to you. Now I see why areas like Quebec and countries like France has such negative thoughts about English being spoken in their country. If you're in France--even if your French is choppy--speak it. Go back to America if you're hellbent on speaking your language.

• How we shout to the hills about our freedoms, yet America doesn't have many. If you check statistics, America has pathetic rankings in freedom of press, democracy, etc. And America is most certainly not the best country either: has atrocious rankings incarceration rates, infant mortality, crime, overall peace/satisfaction, etc.

People say I'm crazy for wanting to leave this country and I don't get it. I'm the only person I know who actually is not satisfied with the way things are going, despite statistics showcasing the decline of this country. The American Dream is dead, yet people still seem to think that it's alive. I've been scolded for wanting to move to other countries like Canada, saying that I'm a nut and stupid for wanting to do so, but I'm really am taken aback by no one else actually seeing what's going on in this country.

Submitted December 10, 2015 at 04:11AM by CRIMEWIRE http://ift.tt/1NjeaCl rant