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RE: Why do Americans say their country is the greatest, its obnoxious
I'm from the U.S. and I can attest to this as well. I find it annoying too, nationalism is being proud of the place where you were born (something which you have no control over) and is stupid and pointless. However, Americans certainly aren't the only ones guilty of it, and pointing out the flaws in one country and attributing them to everyone living there is just as ignorant. No where is perfect, and even the entire concept of 'countries' is pretty dumb if you ask me.
I agree, I know a lot of Americans and they are are just people, all different. I think there is a cultural trait in the US to say how fantastic, super, faboulous, amazing and awesome things are, even if they are fairly mundane. The superlatives can be quite confusing at first, until you decode what people really like, versus what they are just being polite about.
Im English and we can tend to be sardonic, positivity from us sounds like 'Whats the worst that can happen?', its not a better approach than in the US, its just cultural.