What are Americans known for?

[cilla4progress]

Entertainment, right? Hollywood. Disney.

I think this partially explains the trump phenomenon.

How do progressives counteract it?

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

1. I'd say excess. At least globally.

Right now there is an excess of ignorance and stupidity, mostly displayed by folks who take great pride in it.

[RKP5637]

2. Stupidity, Bullying and Arrogance! n/t

[FuzzyRabbit]

3. Overweight people; too many lawyers.

[Runningdawg]

4. Wasting stuff

Food, water, natural resources, their vote...

[lpbk2713]

5. MTV, Netflix and other diversions.

The Trumpbots made great use of Twitter and Youtube.

[defacto7]

6. Certainly from a European point of view,

Everything said in post #1 through #5 is the fact. We were in the laughing stocks. Now, no one is laughing; it's replaced by disgust and mistrust. I have family ties in Europe so I'm speaking from the perspective of their experience with other Europeans.

[linuxman]

7. Self-deprecation, evidently.

[JI7]

8. no. look at who supported trump and why. LBJ explained it

[ThoughtCriminal]

9. 1. Snacks

We take foods and flavors from all over the world and turn them into unhealthy snacks.

2. Violent entertainment

3. Shock-and-awe weapons

4. Yee-haw diplomacy.

5. Right-wing Christian Fundamentalism as a politically powerful doomsday cult.

6. Pride of ignorance and anti-intellectualism disguised as "Common sense".

These have replaced fairness, equality, innovation, science and opportunity. We were never perfect, but were once better known for things other cultures admired.

[tblue37]

10. Absolutely nothing--say it again! (Oh, wrong song. Sorry.) nt

[GulfCoast66]

11. Navel gazing, self hating liberals?

This may be the most pathetic thread I have ever read here.

[cilla4progress]

12. Projection

The thread went a different direction than I expected, but I find it really valuable and interesting.

Thanks for bringing the negativity.

[GulfCoast66]

14. Your opening post brought the negativity

I spend as much time as possible outside of this country. And while we have lots of problems I have yet to visit a nation that is trouble free. Or free from all the biases we find troubling here.

But if it makes you feel better to believe that all we have offered the world is Hollywood then more power to you.

Have a nice evening.

[hatrack]

13. Then why are you participating?

Just sayin' . . . .

[GulfCoast66]

15. Because this is an open discussion...

So if I disagree with the subject I should refrain from commenting?