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Id like to weigh in on this. This is a good one!
Well, I can start by calling out misconceptions about America/Americans that are always viewed by outsiders.
ECONOMICS
Perception
Because America is a superpower, I think that most people have an impression that everyone here is wealthy, or that the lowest earners of this country are still insanely wealthier than those of other countries.
Reality
If you want to see how ugly things can get in America, just use YouTube. Search for videos where people post their drives through Philadelphia, Chicago, or Detroit, for examples. In fact, here is one:
POLITICS
Perception
I myself have always found it laughable that as supposedly the greatest nation in the world, America boasts only two political parties to choose from: Democrats (Liberals) and Republicans (Conservatives). There is an impression that Democrats want people to live good lives and that its purpose is to strike down evil and inequality wherever it stands. Also, the Republicans are supposed to be racists and Nazis and want to take away reproductive rights from women, kick puppies, tie women to railroad tracks.
Reality
The Democrat party was created in the infancy of this country to continue to keep the enslaved under captivity. The Republican party was created to combat this. But I dont want to bore you with details of the past- lets examine the present.
NEITHER of these parties care about the lives of American citizens. Dems slander Reps, Reps slander Dems. Neither party have policies that benefit the people. Donald Trump triggered a derangement syndrome where rich white people are seen as villains in this country. But Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George Bush, and quite literally any other president in the 46 president history has done much to benefit the people of this nation. Joe Biden, the current president, is seen as some kind of savior, but it is very visibly clear that he has Alzheimers or something similar in his age. Its embarrassing and he hasn´t done much to effect POSITIVE changes since he took over for the last screw up. They are both garbage, just on different sides of yesterday´s paper.
LIFE
Perception
Work here is plentiful and the pay is so well that the average American family can have a mom and dad, 2-3 kids, a house with a picket fence, a dog, and afford a vacation each year while two cars are parked in the driveway.
Reality
Despite how much our media projects job growth, companies wouldn´t hire if they were hanging on by the skin of their teeth because here, you go to college and put yourself $200K in debt in order to earn a bachelors/masters/doctorate/business degree, and they want to hire you for $15-17 per hour. And instead of hiring some qualified applicant for the quality of their education, they´d rather pay them an entry level salary for post degree level work.
Meanwhile this is happening, you have a whole other class of Americans who believe that they should be paid a CEO´s salary for flipping hamburgers at McDonalds where you cannot invest in yourself to develop more marketable skills for growth.
Neither the formally educated nor the non-formally educated can afford decent housing within reasonable ratio to work. That is to say, many Americans hold whatever job they have, and supplement that job by delivering food or packages on their own time to make ends meet. It doesn´t matter what class you are in.
RACE RELATIONS
Perception
America is seemingly the most racist nation in the world, if you watch the news. That is the narrative that is being pushed and the media will double down on it. People of color do not have a chance in this country.
The Reality
America is the least racist country in the world and remains the melting pot of cultures, for better or for worse. The notion being that black people get treated unfairly and that racism is ¨ingrained in all aspects and systems of American culture¨. But America has such programs such as public assistance that helps the underprivileged financially and with food. America boasts the benefit of ¨Affirmative Action¨ at jobs and schools which pretty much guarantees openings for SPECIFICALLY minorities, even if they are not as qualified as a white applicant.
This extends all the way to the way media reports a crime. There is an astronomical figure of violence in the black community and the media refuses to report on it. They will call anything a ¨hate crime¨ when there is a white and black person involved, and even evidenced by the recent Kyle Rittenhouse trial, even when the violence is white on white. (For anyone unfamiliar, Kyle Rittenhouse was a kid who shot and killed an attacker who drew a gun on him during the riots like 2 years ago. The attacker was also white. The media dubbed Rittenhouse a ¨racist¨).
If the crime is black on white or black on black, the media merely calls it a ¨tragedy¨ and even wont refer to black people as suspects. The media will refer to a suspect as ¨person of interest¨ if they are black.
CANCEL CULTURE
Perception
¨Cancel Culture is a falsehood that only serves as a defense for when people are called out for being wrong/racist/sexist/accused of XYZ¨
Reality
Cancel Culture exists. People bow to political and racial pressure in this country. Because its not a racist country, but its race obsessed, if that makes sense. So people lose their jobs for saying many of the things that I have stated here. The media tries to back away from it and take attention from it. But its not really anything I can explain because its just too simply easy to see. Its in your face every day when you turn on the news or log into the internet.
PS- ALL presidents suck in this country. ALL of them. The democrats. The republicans. Just a hierarchy of politicians who hold on long enough to weasel their way into the highest office in this country. A-L-L of them S-U-C-K - Trump, Bush, Clinton, Obama, Biden, Lincoln, Washington, Jackson, and I am gonna go out on a limb and guess the next succession of 6 or 7 of them are not gonna be much better.
Take care of each other!
Well, I can start by calling out misconceptions about America/Americans that are always viewed by outsiders.
ECONOMICS
Perception
Because America is a superpower, I think that most people have an impression that everyone here is wealthy, or that the lowest earners of this country are still insanely wealthier than those of other countries.
Reality
If you want to see how ugly things can get in America, just use YouTube. Search for videos where people post their drives through Philadelphia, Chicago, or Detroit, for examples. In fact, here is one:
POLITICS
Perception
I myself have always found it laughable that as supposedly the greatest nation in the world, America boasts only two political parties to choose from: Democrats (Liberals) and Republicans (Conservatives). There is an impression that Democrats want people to live good lives and that its purpose is to strike down evil and inequality wherever it stands. Also, the Republicans are supposed to be racists and Nazis and want to take away reproductive rights from women, kick puppies, tie women to railroad tracks.
Reality
The Democrat party was created in the infancy of this country to continue to keep the enslaved under captivity. The Republican party was created to combat this. But I dont want to bore you with details of the past- lets examine the present.
NEITHER of these parties care about the lives of American citizens. Dems slander Reps, Reps slander Dems. Neither party have policies that benefit the people. Donald Trump triggered a derangement syndrome where rich white people are seen as villains in this country. But Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George Bush, and quite literally any other president in the 46 president history has done much to benefit the people of this nation. Joe Biden, the current president, is seen as some kind of savior, but it is very visibly clear that he has Alzheimers or something similar in his age. Its embarrassing and he hasn´t done much to effect POSITIVE changes since he took over for the last screw up. They are both garbage, just on different sides of yesterday´s paper.
LIFE
Perception
Work here is plentiful and the pay is so well that the average American family can have a mom and dad, 2-3 kids, a house with a picket fence, a dog, and afford a vacation each year while two cars are parked in the driveway.
Reality
Despite how much our media projects job growth, companies wouldn´t hire if they were hanging on by the skin of their teeth because here, you go to college and put yourself $200K in debt in order to earn a bachelors/masters/doctorate/business degree, and they want to hire you for $15-17 per hour. And instead of hiring some qualified applicant for the quality of their education, they´d rather pay them an entry level salary for post degree level work.
Meanwhile this is happening, you have a whole other class of Americans who believe that they should be paid a CEO´s salary for flipping hamburgers at McDonalds where you cannot invest in yourself to develop more marketable skills for growth.
Neither the formally educated nor the non-formally educated can afford decent housing within reasonable ratio to work. That is to say, many Americans hold whatever job they have, and supplement that job by delivering food or packages on their own time to make ends meet. It doesn´t matter what class you are in.
RACE RELATIONS
Perception
America is seemingly the most racist nation in the world, if you watch the news. That is the narrative that is being pushed and the media will double down on it. People of color do not have a chance in this country.
The Reality
America is the least racist country in the world and remains the melting pot of cultures, for better or for worse. The notion being that black people get treated unfairly and that racism is ¨ingrained in all aspects and systems of American culture¨. But America has such programs such as public assistance that helps the underprivileged financially and with food. America boasts the benefit of ¨Affirmative Action¨ at jobs and schools which pretty much guarantees openings for SPECIFICALLY minorities, even if they are not as qualified as a white applicant.
This extends all the way to the way media reports a crime. There is an astronomical figure of violence in the black community and the media refuses to report on it. They will call anything a ¨hate crime¨ when there is a white and black person involved, and even evidenced by the recent Kyle Rittenhouse trial, even when the violence is white on white. (For anyone unfamiliar, Kyle Rittenhouse was a kid who shot and killed an attacker who drew a gun on him during the riots like 2 years ago. The attacker was also white. The media dubbed Rittenhouse a ¨racist¨).
If the crime is black on white or black on black, the media merely calls it a ¨tragedy¨ and even wont refer to black people as suspects. The media will refer to a suspect as ¨person of interest¨ if they are black.
CANCEL CULTURE
Perception
¨Cancel Culture is a falsehood that only serves as a defense for when people are called out for being wrong/racist/sexist/accused of XYZ¨
Reality
Cancel Culture exists. People bow to political and racial pressure in this country. Because its not a racist country, but its race obsessed, if that makes sense. So people lose their jobs for saying many of the things that I have stated here. The media tries to back away from it and take attention from it. But its not really anything I can explain because its just too simply easy to see. Its in your face every day when you turn on the news or log into the internet.
PS- ALL presidents suck in this country. ALL of them. The democrats. The republicans. Just a hierarchy of politicians who hold on long enough to weasel their way into the highest office in this country. A-L-L of them S-U-C-K - Trump, Bush, Clinton, Obama, Biden, Lincoln, Washington, Jackson, and I am gonna go out on a limb and guess the next succession of 6 or 7 of them are not gonna be much better.
Take care of each other!
I was like wow, half way to America and race relations are getting worse by the second. I think personally America is used as a burning bright example, because it is a desirable place, everyone wants to be in the USA, however... doesn't mean it should be held to ridiculous standards. If they were able to make everyone get along, I think you'd all have to consent to being microchipped and controlled.
