An American young man complains that Europe and Japan now views Americans with disgust (video.twimg.com)

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“I am now in Japan. And when I say that I am American, people look at me with contempt and disgust."

Video link -> https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/2051652368530362374/pu/vid/avc1/640x352/u56hlLN9Hh-E0OkR.mp4

Source -> https://xcancel.com/capemalay3/status/2051652400776118406#m

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[-] bilb@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago

Well, we do hate each other here. Its pretty crazy.

Or maybe I'm mostly just projecting?

[-] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah but that comes out of artficial political polarization and culture wars, not disgust with the class nature of the state and its imperialist project.

[-] davel@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

We hate each other and then rally around the flag to hate our designated enemies.

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