Are all Americans scum?

submitted by fschmidt from (self.nonmorons)

By "Americans" I mean those who consider themselves American, not those who are legally American but don't identify as American, such as Orthodox Jews, traditional Anabaptists, and me.

I am currently on a road trip and stopping in small towns I have seen surprising acts of decency by a few people. I had thought such things were extinct in America. What am I to make of this?

There are two possible interpretations. Maybe this is all superficial and if I got to know them better, I would discover that they are truly scum after all. Or maybe there still exists a tiny remnant of decent Americans who never post to the internet and never write open source code (since all Americans posting on the internet are clearly scum and all Americans writing open source code are clearly scum).

So which is it? I am not sure. What is your opinion?

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[–]trident765 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I think most unvaccinated Americans I know good people. All of the biggest scumbags I work with got the vaccine as soon as it came out.

[–]Tiwaking 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Evil people tend to live the longest

[–]mongre 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (11 children)

I have seen surprising acts of decency by a few people

That's because Americans ARE good people. We're taught to respect one another, care for your neighbor, help strangers and live by the golden rule.

Unfortunately we also have black people which fucks everything up. Add the niggers to the mix and suddenly Americans get a bad rap. Sure there are outliers but for the most part I speak the truth.

[–]wary_observer 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

respect one another

I haven't seen genuine respect where I've been in America. There is still respect of others' property (in better neighborhoods), but genuine respect for others, no. Americans in general respect those with more money than themselves.

care for your neighbor

Who is your neighbor?

help strangers

What for?

live by the golden rule

"He who has the gold, makes the rules"

[–]grassfed 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Jews bigger problem than niggers

[–]fschmidt[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

I haven't had any meaningful experiences with American blacks, so I am not really talking about them. Of my former American friends (all white), the good ones went insane or killed themselves, and the rest stabbed me in the back. All of my recent experiences working with Americans have been horrible and I will never work with an American again.

It looks like I won't get an answer to my question in my original post.

[–]mongre 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

What is your opinion?

It looks like I won't get an answer to my question in my original post.

Judging simply by your post history I can see you're an arrogant person who places demands on people. When your demands aren't met you bitch because they don't do exactly what you expected. I would say YOU are the problem, not "Americans" based purely on what you write.

I'll add that you're a complete and utter moron if you judge an entire country of 300 MILLION+ people because you have had interactions that don't suit your narrative.

[–]fschmidt[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

A typical American

[–]Zapped 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

There is a saying in America. "When everyone you meet is an asshole, you are probably the asshole". You may have a high, unreasonable standard, but you can't expect back what you aren't willing to give.

[–]fschmidt[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Conservative Mennonites aren't assholes. Japanese aren't assholes. The few Chinese that I know aren't assholes. All Americans that I know are assholes. All members of modern western culture that I know of are assholes.

[–]Jesus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

America is Pagan and anti-Christ. Follow Jesus in truth, preach the gospel in urban areas and you will be hated here, spat on and/or punched in the back of the head, while a fellow human being next door aborts her third child. The media promoting degeneracy and demoralization, as well as gangster culture, to black and white children plays a significant role.

[–]Zapped 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

All Americans that I know are assholes.

I am currently on a road trip and stopping in small towns I have seen surprising acts of decency by a few people. I had thought such things were extinct in America. What am I to make of this?

One of these things is not like the other.

[–]mongre 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

ZING!

[–]grassfed 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

😮

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

perfect, no. But the best type of people by far.

[–]fschmidt[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The Japanese are certainly much better. I also prefer the Chinese, who I work with. I cannot tolerate working with Americans, who are fake backstabbing jerks in my experience.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

japanese deserve a lot of credit. They lost a major war to a superior empire though.

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

It is easy to focus on, and even assume, differences when not directly interacting with others. Most people want the same things. Sometimes, we have different ideas of how to get there.

[–]grassfed 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Does that mean we should be cornfed?

[–]Zapped 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Cornfed? No. We shouldn't be lazy and not look for commonalities among us.

[–]fschmidt[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I want the opposite of what Americans want, that much is clear.

[–]Jesus 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Get an onlyfans. That's basically where America is heading. Even the nicest individual, who rejects Christ, is selling his/her body for mammon. We need more Jesus fans preaching in the street and less onlyfans and degeneracy. The fall of modern Rome is upon us, and the only way the US can stop it is to get everyone to embrace onlyfans and LGBTQ+ in the middle-east.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Americans are some of the most polite and friendliest people people on the planet, outside the big cities.

[–]fschmidt[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Americans certainly are the fakest people on the planet. There is plenty of fake politeness and friendliness. But I almost never see any decency of substance.

[–]Jesus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Agreed with fschmidt here. It is because Americans have embraced anti-Christ culture. They are too individualistic to want to get into the affairs of someone else's sin. They keep quite and talk about things of no substance, espeically the self-proclaimed athesists and agnostic types. They'll idolize a celebrity or talk about sports or some stupid YouTbe celebritiy fight but don't even understand that the US is run by criminals.