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Is America arrogant?

Is America arrogant?

  • No, not at all

    Votes: 9 10.1%

  • May be a little

    Votes: 13 14.6%

  • Yes, it is

    Votes: 41 46.1%

  • Oh, very arrogant

    Votes: 20 22.5%

  • I can't decide

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 6 6.7%
  • Total voters
    89
Is America Arrogant?


no. we have simply accurately assessed that we are better than you :).
 
We try to peddle Corporatism all over the world and get away with calling it "liberty, democracy or freedom," but we're spreadin' dat OILY bidness. Is that arrogance? Yassuh, because we do it with guns. It makes us a good living.
 
Bardo said:
It's funny how we cling to America's WWII glory days like a middle aged man clings to his high school quarterback days.
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I am proud of our WW2 veterans and the sacrifices they made to defeat Germany, Italy and Japan. The Axis allies would not have been defeated without our help. Pure evil was defeated as it had to be. Yes... I am proud of our nations history and the heroes that made it possible for us to have freedom and prosper in the greatest nation of the world.
 
Jaaaman said:
I am proud of our WW2 veterans and the sacrifices they made to defeat Germany, Italy and Japan. The Axis allies would not have been defeated without our help. Pure evil was defeated as it had to be. Yes... I am proud of our nations history and the heroes that made it possible for us to have freedom and prosper in the greatest nation of the world.
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Strawmanning WWII, really? Germany wasn't evil, Italy wasn't evil, Japan wasn't evil, only a select few were.
 
Um, it certainly was a lot more than a select few. I certainly do agree that not everyone in those countries was "evil," but you are kinda exaggerating the point.
 
The Dragon said:
Um, it certainly was a lot more than a select few. I certainly do agree that not everyone in those countries was "evil," but you are kinda exaggerating the point.
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I'll give you that, I would say the majority was not evil. Also look at where Germany was, we basically brought that war on them.
 
Canell said:
Several decades ago one great man (Mr. M.L. King) spoke about America's arrogance. What do you think, is America arrogant today or cured itself out of this disorder? :)
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Some Americans are arrogant, others are not. The politicians and other leaders who represent us tend to be arrogant and our foreign policy is pretty arrogant. So yeah, America's pretty arrogant, but what do you expect from the #1 country in the world. We got the biggest guns, the biggest GDP and the biggest debt. What do you expect? :shrug:
 
Jryan said:
I'll give you that, I would say the majority was not evil. Also look at where Germany was, we basically brought that war on them.
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that is a notion that would certainly surprise (say) the citizens of Poland.
 
I don't think it's arrogance so much, but rather being sheltered and naive. It comes across as arrogance to others.
 
Canell said:
Several decades ago one great man (Mr. M.L. King) spoke about America's arrogance. What do you think, is America arrogant today or cured itself out of this disorder? :)
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I voted other. I could care less if America is arrogant. In America's short history America has accomplished a lot and done so much for the world.
 
Jaaaman said:
I am proud of our WW2 veterans and the sacrifices they made to defeat Germany, Italy and Japan. The Axis allies would not have been defeated without our help. Pure evil was defeated as it had to be. Yes... I am proud of our nations history and the heroes that made it possible for us to have freedom and prosper in the greatest nation of the world.
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True, but there is an entire post-WWII history to consider. Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, Iran-Contra, Panama, Iraq/Afghanistan etc. We cling to WWII because it was our highlight in history, we'll never see that kind of glory again.
 
The country's politics and diplomacy? Yes.
Its people? No
 
Yes, we are, and rightfully so.


It's a testament to our self-restraint that we aren't more arrogant, given our incredible awesomeness. :mrgreen:



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I agree Americans have a right to be arrogant, they're almost as awesome as Australians, and that's no easy feat.
 
We have been the world's superpower for quite some time, and haven't been shy about projecting that power, certainly. There is an ingrained arrogance to such that comes almost by default -- it is a product of the position held as much as anything.

The question I would ask is to consider the values we are projecting, consider the values of those who most resist these values, and ask if they would be any less arrogant if the roles were reversed. More importantly, I would ask to consider which values would be more appealing to people if so?
 
Gardener said:
We have been the world's superpower for quite some time, and haven't been shy about projecting that power, certainly. There is an ingrained arrogance to such that comes almost by default -- it is a product of the position held as much as anything.

The question I would ask is to consider the values we are projecting, consider the values of those who most resist these values, and ask if they would be any less arrogant if the roles were reversed. More importantly, I would ask to consider which values would be more appealing to people if so?
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That's a mighty good question.

Most of those we've been "projecting power at" for the past couple of decades were brutal dictators and supporters of terrorism, and people who'd like to put the world under the Caliphate and Sharia. The Taliban oppressed women to the point of setting girl's schools on fire and stoning women who didn't cover themselves in a burqa, for instance.

Not a lot of appeal there.
 
The poll results are in the shape a hand giving us the finger. This thread is arrogant.
 
No, America is not arrogant. As the landlord of the world, we have some angry tenants, but yet they pay rent, or some like South American countries are tired of doing it and would like to lead like the US does. More power to them...Top dog always will have critics and jealous people...
 
From the Rankopedia: The Most Arrogant Nation on Earth:

"USA followed by
France
England
Israel
China
Russia
Japan
Germany
Vatican
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Italy
North Korea
Spain
Turkey
Australia
Sweden
Norway
Serbia
Switzerland
Greece
Cuba
Netherlands
Argentina
Denmark"

Rankopedia: Most Arrogant Nation On Earth
 
the "arrogance" should be filtered based on nations contributions to the world order

based on that France is way way the most arrogant with North Korea being a close second
 
TurtleDude said:
the "arrogance" should be filtered based on nations contributions to the world order

based on that France is way way the most arrogant with North Korea being a close second
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What an arrogant statement! Thanks for keeping us at the top of the list!
 
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