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AMERICA VS THE WORLD 2

We got a lot of response for the post that separated Americans from Canadians so here's more. Americans think the world is in love with them because they saw a thing in National Geographic where desert tribes in Iran or whatever are really into Rambo. Then they see all these poor people all over the world going, "I want to go to America." Then they see Japanese rockabillys dancing like Eddie Cochran and they're like, "That's it. Everyone loves us. We're the best." After few years of that they progress to, "Actually, you know what. We're the best AND you suck" which is weird because they're telling other countries they suck even though they've never been there.

Canadians however have this really arrogant anti-American thing where they like to brag about Toronto being multicultural and all the great social services they have but they forget: ethnic tension in Toronto is brutal, gang violence there gets worse every day, Canada has taxed itself to death for those social services and is so far in debt it's approaching IMF territory, and finally — wait for it — 80% of Canada's economy is contingent on the American economy. Canadians scoffing at America is like a teenager telling his parents to fuck off and then slamming the door to his room.