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Most young people are no longer proud to be Americans, poll finds (www.axios.com)

submitted 1 year ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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Overall, 39% of U.S. adults say they are "extremely proud" to be American in the most recent poll.

Meanwhile, only 18% of those aged 18-34 said the same, compared to 40% of those aged 35-54 and 50% of those 55 and over.

18% is still too high. As Obama's pastor said, God damn America! Americans have very little to be proud of at this point.

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[-] style99@kbin.social 33 points 1 year ago

I am very proud to say that I'm not proud to be an American. Being proud of your country is a path toward genocide.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 year ago

You can have pride in your country without being stupid about it.

I'm proud to be an American. I'm not proud of everything America does.

I'm proud that we were the first to land on the moon. I'm proud that we (eventually) helped win WWII over the Nazis. I'm proud of parts of our art and culture, Asimov, (early) Game of Thrones, most of the best games in the world.

I also protested the Iraq war. I think our ultra-capitalist, corporate worshipping ways have been a negative influence on the world.

I'm proud of Al Gore's call to action on climate change. I'm not proud we haven't done much about it.

I'm proud we have the potential to get off planet, self-sustaining colonies going. I wish we'd push harder for it.

You can find reasons to be proud of your country without endorsing everything they do.

[-] derpo@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

How dare you come here with nuance

[-] PerplexedTriangle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Half of that shit happened before you were born and none of it was done with your help. I'm not American and my argument is not targeted towards Americans. No person should be proud of the coincidence of geography.

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Exactly 1 thing this person said happened before I was born. We aren't all 21.

[-] PerplexedTriangle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Alright, touche. I still feel that this kind of nationalist pride is a very slippery slope.

[-] Cyo@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

America is a continent lol

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