A typical American asked this typical question:
Does the USA really have to carry Europe on its back forever?
Does Denmark actually deserve Greenland? (And even if they own it, what exactly are they going to do with it?)
Does the U.S. need to counter China, or babysit European nostalgia and symbolism?
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To which... one of our intrepid readers replied!
As a dual Canadian-American citizen who lives in the US, lives half time in Canada, and has also lived in the UK, I have had a front row seat to how astonishingly ignorant many Americans are about the rest of the world.
And this post is exactly that disease in written form!
The U.S. is not “carrying Europe.”
Denmark does not need America’s approval to “deserve” Greenland.
And the fact that this even has to be explained... is proof of how absurdly inflated American self-importance has become.
What is especially funny is that Americans say this kind of stupid shit constantly, assuming Canadians and Brits will just sit there and take it.
Then, when we answer back directly, suddenly, they are offended!
Offended by what?
By being corrected?
By discovering the rest of us are not pushovers?
By learning that outside the U.S., this chest-beating nonsense sounds less like power and more like a drunk man at a bar who thinks volume is a substitute for intelligence?
I have lived around Americans, Brits, and Canadians.
Trust me, this kind of post does not make America look strong.
It makes Americans look indoctrinated, arrogant, and deeply undereducated about the world they think they run!
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P.S. The rest of us are not confused. We are embarrassed for the USA!
