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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, and [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better). Woe betide you if you're a minority, immigrant (though [[FridgeLogic why on Earth]] you'd ''ever want'' to move there is anyone's guess), or both; at best [[TheAssimilator you'll be assimilated]] [[GoingNative into the culture]] and become [[HeWhoFightsMonsters one of the above]], at worst you'll be dead or subjected to [[FateWorseThanDeath fates worse than death]]. And if you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that your country doesn't have [[ParanoiaFuel some sort of resource or export the Americans rely upon]], because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, and [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better). Woe betide you if you're a minority, immigrant (though [[FridgeLogic why on Earth]] you'd ''ever want'' to move there is anyone's guess), or both; at best [[TheAssimilator you'll be assimilated]] [[GoingNative into the culture]] and become [[HeWhoFightsMonsters one of the above]], and at worst you'll be dead or subjected to [[FateWorseThanDeath fates worse than death]].treated as utter vermin by [[AngryWhiteMan the citizens]], [[DirtyCop the law enforcement]], and even [[CorruptPolitician the government itself]]. And if you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that your country doesn't have [[ParanoiaFuel some sort of resource or export the Americans rely upon]], because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better). Woe betide you if you're a minority, immigrant (though [[FridgeLogic why on Earth]] you'd ''ever want'' to move there is anyone's guess), or both; at best [[TheAssimilator you'll be assimilated]] [[GoingNative into the culture]] and become [[HeWhoFightsMonsters one of the above]], at worst you'll be dead or subjected to [[FateWorseThanDeath fates worse than death]]. And if you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that your country doesn't have [[ParanoiaFuel some sort of resource or export the Americans rely upon]], because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, and [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better). Woe betide you if you're a minority, immigrant (though [[FridgeLogic why on Earth]] you'd ''ever want'' to move there is anyone's guess), or both; at best [[TheAssimilator you'll be assimilated]] [[GoingNative into the culture]] and become [[HeWhoFightsMonsters one of the above]], at worst you'll be dead or subjected to [[FateWorseThanDeath fates worse than death]]. And if you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that your country doesn't have [[ParanoiaFuel some sort of resource or export the Americans rely upon]], because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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The {{memetic|Mutation}} term '''Murica'' is related to these interpretations: that America is either a [[WorldOfBadass Land of Heroes]], or a WretchedHive. For the symbolism this trope is named after, see AmericanEagle.
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The {{memetic|Mutation}} term '''Murica'' is related to these interpretations: that America is either a [[WorldOfBadass Land of Heroes]], or a WretchedHive. For the symbolism this trope is named after, see AmericanEagle.AmericanEagle (though the actual TropeNamer is ''[[VideoGame/{{Earth Bound 1994}} EarthBound]]'').
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* In ''Literature/TheSheepLookUp'', John Brunner wants you to know he doesn't think highly of the United States. While none of the novel's world is in great shape, the narrative hammers home that America is actually lagging behind the rest of the West in terms of living conditions, despite being the leading industrial nation on the whole choked-up planet; in fact, this excess of industry is the very reason why the country's in bad shape, for all its claims at progress and prosperity. And yet despite all of that, too many Americans stubbornly refuse to recognise how deeply they're wading in filth;
--> ''What hurt [Michael] most of all, made him feel like a sick child aware of terrible wrongness and yet incapable of explaining it to anyone who might help, was that in spite of the evidence around them, in spite of what their eyes and ears reported—and sometimes their flesh, from bruises, stab wounds, racking coughs, weeping sores—these people believed their way of life was the best in the world, and were prepared to export it at the point of a gun.''
--> ''What hurt [Michael] most of all, made him feel like a sick child aware of terrible wrongness and yet incapable of explaining it to anyone who might help, was that in spite of the evidence around them, in spite of what their eyes and ears reported—and sometimes their flesh, from bruises, stab wounds, racking coughs, weeping sores—these people believed their way of life was the best in the world, and were prepared to export it at the point of a gun.''
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* In ''Literature/TheSheepLookUp'', John Brunner wants you to know he doesn't think highly of the United States. While none of the novel's world is in great shape, the narrative hammers home that America is actually lagging behind the rest of the West in terms of living conditions, despite being the leading industrial nation on the whole choked-up planet; in fact, this excess of industry is the very reason why the country's in bad shape, for all its claims at progress and prosperity. And yet despite all of that, too many Americans stubbornly refuse to recognise how deeply they're wading in filth;
--> What hurt [Michael] most of all, made him feel like a sick child aware of terrible wrongness and yet incapable of explaining it to anyone who might help, was that in spite of the evidence around them, in spite of what their eyes and ears reported—and sometimes their flesh, from bruises, stab wounds, racking coughs, weeping sores—these people believed their way of life was the best in the world, and were prepared to export it at the point of a gun.
--> What hurt [Michael] most of all, made him feel like a sick child aware of terrible wrongness and yet incapable of explaining it to anyone who might help, was that in spite of the evidence around them, in spite of what their eyes and ears reported—and sometimes their flesh, from bruises, stab wounds, racking coughs, weeping sores—these people believed their way of life was the best in the world, and were prepared to export it at the point of a gun.
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--> What hurt [Michael] most of all, made him feel like a sick child aware of terrible wrongness and yet incapable of explaining it to anyone who might help, was that in spite of the evidence around them, in spite of what their eyes and ears reported—and sometimes their flesh, from bruises, stab wounds, racking coughs, weeping sores—these people believed their way of life was the best in the world, and were prepared to export it at the point of a gun.
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* In ''Literature/TheSheepLookUp'', John Brunner wants you to know he doesn't think highly of the United States. While none of the novel's world is in great shape, the narrative hammers home that America is actually lagging behind the rest of the West in terms of living conditions, despite being the leading industrial nation on the whole choked-up planet; in fact, this excess of industry is the very reason why the country's in bad shape, for all its claims at progress and prosperity. And yet despite all of that, too many Americans stubbornly refuse to recognise how deeply they're wading in filth;
--> What hurt [Michael] most of all, made him feel like a sick child aware of terrible wrongness and yet incapable of explaining it to anyone who might help, was that in spite of the evidence around them, in spite of what their eyes and ears reported—and sometimes their flesh, from bruises, stab wounds, racking coughs, weeping sores—these people believed their way of life was the best in the world, and were prepared to export it at the point of a gun.
--> What hurt [Michael] most of all, made him feel like a sick child aware of terrible wrongness and yet incapable of explaining it to anyone who might help, was that in spite of the evidence around them, in spite of what their eyes and ears reported—and sometimes their flesh, from bruises, stab wounds, racking coughs, weeping sores—these people believed their way of life was the best in the world, and were prepared to export it at the point of a gun.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better). Woe betide you if you're an immigrant, a minority, or both; at best [[TheAssimilator you'll be assimilated]] [[GoingNative into the culture]] and become [[HeWhoFightsMonsters one of the above]], at worst you'll be dead or subjected to [[FateWorseThanDeath fates worse than death]]. If you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that you don't have some sort of export the Americans rely upon, because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better). Woe betide you if you're an immigrant, a minority, immigrant (though [[FridgeLogic why on Earth]] you'd ''ever want'' to move there is anyone's guess), or both; at best [[TheAssimilator you'll be assimilated]] [[GoingNative into the culture]] and become [[HeWhoFightsMonsters one of the above]], at worst you'll be dead or subjected to [[FateWorseThanDeath fates worse than death]]. If And if you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that you don't your country doesn't have [[ParanoiaFuel some sort of resource or export the Americans rely upon, upon]], because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Last And last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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A [[{{Utopia}} peaceful paradise on earth]] full of friendly, wise, and good-hearted people whose prosperity is their (God-given) reward for their impeccable virtue. Theirs is a shining city upon a hill guided by destiny: a land of freedom, justice, wealth, and luck, where people can [[ThePromisedLand leave their pasts behind and create entirely new lives for themselves]], far from the stratified social structures and open ethno-religious bigotry and violence of the Old World. In short, this is the country that embodies UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream. Sometimes based on American media during TheFifties and UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, which portrayed the United States of America as a homey, [[GoodIsOldFashioned traditional]] world of heroes built upon on (nuclear) family values, love, and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness old-fashioned simple mindsets]]. This flavor is, of course, no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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A [[{{Utopia}} peaceful paradise on earth]] full of friendly, wise, and good-hearted people whose prosperity is their (God-given) reward for their impeccable virtue. Theirs is a shining city upon a hill guided by destiny: a land of freedom, justice, wealth, and luck, where people can [[ThePromisedLand leave their pasts behind and create entirely new lives for themselves]], far from the stratified social structures and open ethno-religious bigotry and violence of the Old World. In short, this is the country that embodies UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream. Sometimes based on American media during TheFifties and UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, which portrayed the United States of America as a homey, [[GoodIsOldFashioned traditional]] world of heroes built upon on (nuclear) family values, love, and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness old-fashioned simple mindsets]]. This flavor is, of course, no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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* Comedian Joe [=DeRosa=] has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK_Ky5CmvjQ a bit here]] that sits somewhere in the middle of Flavors #1 and #2, admitting that Americans can be boorish, but going up to a visiting American and throwing their own stereotypes in their face is ''extremely'' rude, and a really bad look for someone trying to claim the cultural high ground.
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* Comedian Joe [=DeRosa=] has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK_Ky5CmvjQ com/watch?v=4Jye4-1I0-Y&list=OLAK5uy_mn1tOoOybOr3eVdCbr45REdKeN6CqKJrA&index=9 a bit here]] that sits somewhere in the middle of Flavors #1 and #2, admitting that Americans can be boorish, but going up to a visiting American and throwing their own stereotypes in their face is ''extremely'' rude, and a really bad look for someone trying to claim the cultural high ground.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pretentious hipsters]] [[FauxHorrific wearing flannel shirts]]. Woe betide you if you're an immigrant, a minority, or both; at best [[TheAssimilator you'll be assimilated]] [[GoingNative into the culture]] and become [[HeWhoFightsMonsters one of the above]], at worst you'll be dead or subjected to [[FateWorseThanDeath fates worse than death]]. If you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that you don't have some sort of export the Americans rely upon, because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pretentious hipsters]] [[FauxHorrific wearing flannel shirts]].better). Woe betide you if you're an immigrant, a minority, or both; at best [[TheAssimilator you'll be assimilated]] [[GoingNative into the culture]] and become [[HeWhoFightsMonsters one of the above]], at worst you'll be dead or subjected to [[FateWorseThanDeath fates worse than death]]. If you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that you don't have some sort of export the Americans rely upon, because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pretentious hipsters]] [[FauxHorrific wearing flannel shirts]]. Woe betide you if you're an immigrant, a minority, or both; at best [[TheAssimilator you'll be assimilated]] [[GoingNative into the culture]] and become [[HeWhoFightsMonsters one of the above]], at worst you'll be dead or subjected to fates worse than death. If you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that you don't have some sort of export the Americans rely upon, because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pretentious hipsters]] [[FauxHorrific wearing flannel shirts]]. Woe betide you if you're an immigrant, a minority, or both; at best [[TheAssimilator you'll be assimilated]] [[GoingNative into the culture]] and become [[HeWhoFightsMonsters one of the above]], at worst you'll be dead or subjected to [[FateWorseThanDeath fates worse than death.death]]. If you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that you don't have some sort of export the Americans rely upon, because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pretentious hipsters]] [[FauxHorrific wearing flannel shirts]]. Woe betide you if you're an immigrant, a minority, or both; at best the culture will [[TheAssimilator assimilate you]] and you'll become [[HeWhoFightsMonsters one of the above]], at worst you'll be dead or subjected to fates worse than death. If you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that you don't have some sort of export the Americans rely upon, because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pretentious hipsters]] [[FauxHorrific wearing flannel shirts]]. Woe betide you if you're an immigrant, a minority, or both; at best the culture will [[TheAssimilator assimilate you]] and you'll be assimilated]] [[GoingNative into the culture]] and become [[HeWhoFightsMonsters one of the above]], at worst you'll be dead or subjected to fates worse than death. If you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that you don't have some sort of export the Americans rely upon, because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pretentious hipsters]] [[FauxHorrific wearing flannel shirts]]. Woe betide you if you're an immigrant, a minority, or both; at best the culture will [[TheAssimilator assimilate you]] and make you [[HeWhoFightsMonsters one of the above]], at worst you'll subjected to fates worse than death. If you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that you don't have some sort of export the Americans rely upon, because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pretentious hipsters]] [[FauxHorrific wearing flannel shirts]]. Woe betide you if you're an immigrant, a minority, or both; at best the culture will [[TheAssimilator assimilate you]] and make you you'll become [[HeWhoFightsMonsters one of the above]], at worst you'll be dead or subjected to fates worse than death. If you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that you don't have some sort of export the Americans rely upon, because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pretentious hipsters wearing flannel shirts]]. Woe betide you if you're an immigrant, a minority, or both; you'll be forever treated with CondescendingCompassion at best or as utter vermin at worst. If you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that you don't have some sort of export the Americans rely upon, because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from or trying to emulate HollywoodCalifornia, [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pretentious hipsters hipsters]] [[FauxHorrific wearing flannel shirts]]. Woe betide you if you're an immigrant, a minority, or both; at best the culture will [[TheAssimilator assimilate you]] and make you [[HeWhoFightsMonsters one of the above]], at worst you'll be forever treated with CondescendingCompassion at best or as utter vermin at worst.subjected to fates worse than death. If you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that you don't have some sort of export the Americans rely upon, because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from HollywoodCalifornia or trying to emulate it, and [[TheSocialDarwinist social Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]]. Also, woe betide you if you're an immigrant, a minority, or both; you'll be forever treated as a second-class citizen at best or utter vermin at worst. If you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that you don't have some sort of export the Americans rely upon, because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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A [[WretchedHive Crapsack Land]] full of [[BloodKnight war-mongering]], [[PointyHairedBoss ignorant]] {{Jerkass}}es whose prosperity, when it exists, is the product of their infinite {{greed}}. Americans come into your country either as [[UglyAmericanStereotype tourists or invaders]], [[ItsAllAboutMe always acting like they own the place]] [[CondescendingCompassion and letting you know how it "should be" run]]. Whenever they talk, it will always be [[NoIndoorVoice as obnoxiously loud]] and [[ClusterFBomb as offensive as possible]], claiming it's "freedom of speech." In the rural areas of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest, you'll find [[FatBastard disgustingly obese]], [[RedScare Red-baiting]], [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumping]], [[GunNut gun-toting]], {{heteronormative|Crusader}} [[HalfWittedHillbilly redneck]] MoralGuardians and {{Obnoxious Entitled Housewi|fe}}ves who subsist on a diet of [[FastFoodNation synthetic fast food and TV dinners]], while in the cities, cities and everywhere else, you'll find [[GangsterLand crime-ridden ghettoes]], vapid {{rich bitch}}es either hailing from HollywoodCalifornia or trying to emulate it, and HollywoodCalifornia, [[TheSocialDarwinist social Darwinist]], [[TheScrooge Scrooge-like]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corporate profiteers]] who view [[KillThePoor poor people as a plague upon humanity]]. Also, woe humanity]] (not that [[LowerClassLout the poor]] are any better), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pretentious hipsters wearing flannel shirts]]. Woe betide you if you're an immigrant, a minority, or both; you'll be forever treated as a second-class citizen with CondescendingCompassion at best or as utter vermin at worst. If you're a foreign nation, you'd better hope that you don't have some sort of export the Americans rely upon, because the minute that they sense any threat to their supply, they'll invade you (if you're lucky) or send money and arms to whoever they want in power (if you're not), almost always some godawful kleptocrat who is submissive to their interests. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Last but not least,]] they '''suck''' at [[GlobalIgnorance global geography]]. UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks and ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks frequently began to reflect this flavor, which once again is no "truer" than any other, and especially not when it comes to individual US citizens.
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This {{trope}} is about outsiders looking at the USA, so as you may expect most of the information here is heavily stereotyped and (potentially) extremely culturally offensive to actual Americans. If you happen to see a work that portrays the United States or its people ''as a whole'' as The Boorish, but it's actually an ''American'' production, that will be a case of CulturalCringe, MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting, or BoomerangBigot; likewise, an American indulging in The Beautiful is not this trope either, and would better fit into CreatorProvincialism, PatrioticFervor, or MyCountryRightOrWrong. And if the work in question doesn't delve into blanket judgment either way but simply refers to US culture and history by both structuralist and functionalist examples, then you're probably reading an in-depth history book.
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This {{trope}} is about outsiders looking at the USA, so as you may expect most of the information here is heavily stereotyped and (potentially) extremely culturally offensive to actual Americans. If you happen to see a work that portrays the United States or its people ''as a whole'' as The Boorish, but it's actually an ''American'' production, that will be a case of CulturalCringe, MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting, or BoomerangBigot; likewise, an American indulging in The Beautiful is not this trope either, and would better fit into CreatorProvincialism, PatrioticFervor, or MyCountryRightOrWrong. And if the work in question doesn't delve into blanket judgment either way but simply refers to US culture and history by both structuralist and functionalist examples, then you're probably reading an in-depth history book.
book. See also MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales; America's strong tradition of self-satire means they are very likely to enjoy foreign depictions, even boorish ones.
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* ''Extremely'' prevalent in Chinese cinema, where virtually all depictions of Americans show them as either ruthless thugs, schemers and pretty much any other sort of stock villain caricature you can think of. Examples vary, from the occupation force in [[Creator/JetLi Jet Li's]] film ''Born to Defence'' (1986) to the blatantly cheating and arrogant fighter "Twister" (though he is British, but he embodied boorish American stereotype) from ''Film/IpMan2''. The highest grossing movie ever in China as of 2017, ''Wolf Warriors 2'', has a murderous American mercenary commander as the BigBad who the Chinese protagonist [[MightyWhitey must defeat in order to nobly protect the helpless Africans.]] Given how all Chinese films are [[BackedByThePentagon backed by their Government]], the propagandic bent isn't the least bit surprising. The movie was released around the time where American and NATO government representatives, as well as human rights group, starts putting pressure toward China for the alleged human rights violations in the Chinese territory of Xinjiang, in which the Chinese government responds as "fake", "fabricated" or "meddling of national affairs". Note that big American films as of 2010 to this day generally avoid depicting China the same way, as China remains a big market for American action movies and most Hollywood movies are co-produced with Chinese studios in order to be treated as domestic product in China due to tightening import laws.
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* ''Extremely'' prevalent in Chinese cinema, where virtually all depictions of Americans show them as either ruthless thugs, schemers and pretty much any other sort of stock villain caricature you can think of. Examples vary, from the occupation force in [[Creator/JetLi Jet Li's]] film ''Born to Defence'' (1986) to the blatantly cheating and arrogant fighter "Twister" (though he is British, but he embodied boorish American stereotype) from ''Film/IpMan2''. (Though there are many cases where the Americans [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales find the portrayals entertaining]].) The highest grossing movie ever in China as of 2017, ''Wolf Warriors 2'', has a murderous American mercenary commander as the BigBad who the Chinese protagonist [[MightyWhitey must defeat in order to nobly protect the helpless Africans.]] Given how all Chinese films are [[BackedByThePentagon backed by their Government]], the propagandic bent isn't the least bit surprising. The movie was released around the time where American and NATO government representatives, as well as human rights group, starts putting pressure toward China for the alleged human rights violations in the Chinese territory of Xinjiang, in which the Chinese government responds as "fake", "fabricated" or "meddling of national affairs". Note that big American films as of 2010 to this day generally avoid depicting China the same way, as China remains a big market for American action movies and most Hollywood movies are co-produced with Chinese studios in order to be treated as domestic product in China due to tightening import laws.
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* ''Film/MarsAttacks'': As a parody of 1950's sci-fi BMovie schlock, AmericaSavesTheDay... but America is a WorldOfJerkass except for a handful of characters, and most of said jerks end up being vaporized by Martian death rays. General Decker is a perfect example to pick out of the group, a crazed WarHawk who keeps exalting the greatness of America's military as his DefiantToTheEnd SedgwickSpeech.
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* One of the earliest versions comes from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's play ''Theatre/TheComedyOfErrors''. Dromio compares the bejeweled nose of Nell to the great riches of America, a glowing praise of the place compared to the [[AcceptableEthnicTargets blatant insults]] directed towards other countries in the same speech.
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* One of the earliest versions comes from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's play ''Theatre/TheComedyOfErrors''. Dromio compares the bejeweled nose of Nell to the great riches of America, a glowing praise of the place compared to the [[AcceptableEthnicTargets blatant insults]] insults directed towards other countries in the same speech.
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* ''WebAnimation/JamesLee'': In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Shxb5b8UKY Infected By Stupid]]", James briefly acts like a mid-pandemic Anti-Masker, espousing how basic hygienic precautions are a violation of his freedoms before going on a rant about how much he loves freedom more than anything (complete with the American flag in the background). It then shows that he's basically talking to one guy at a gas-station parking lot, having an emotional breakdown after losing his job.
--> '''James Lee:''' If a terrorist told me to give up freedom or he would blow up the whole planet, I'd say "well shit, that's a no-brainer. Give me the fuckin' trigger. Click, click click." And if freedom was a man, I'd suck its dick. And I'm against gay marriage. That's just how much I love freedom.
--> '''James Lee:''' If a terrorist told me to give up freedom or he would blow up the whole planet, I'd say "well shit, that's a no-brainer. Give me the fuckin' trigger. Click, click click." And if freedom was a man, I'd suck its dick. And I'm against gay marriage. That's just how much I love freedom.
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* In ''Art/TheApotheosisOfWashington'', George Washington has risen to the ranks of the divine as a symbol of American greatness. Now he's above the five Greek gods who bless America's trades and Lady Freedom herself.
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* In ''Art/TheApotheosisOfWashington'', ''Art/TheApotheosisOfWashington'': George Washington has risen to the ranks of the divine as a symbol of American greatness. Now he's above the five Greek gods who bless America's trades and Lady Freedom herself.herself.
* Art/StatueOfLiberty: She symbolizes the opportunity America provides and its dedication to preserving human freedom. Even cynics get sentimental about it.
* Art/StatueOfLiberty: She symbolizes the opportunity America provides and its dedication to preserving human freedom. Even cynics get sentimental about it.
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* ''ARG/OmegaMart'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOGLYvQdDs Americanized Beef]] is aimed at rural Boorish types, with lyrics sung in a thick Southern accent promising people who buy it will "no longer feel like a special snowflake" and ending with the slogan "Make America Taste Great Again," and a cow mascot implying only DirtyCommunists wouldn't buy it.
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* ''ARG/OmegaMart'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOGLYvQdDs Americanized Beef]] is aimed at rural Boorish types, with lyrics sung in a thick Southern accent promising people who buy it will "no longer feel like a special snowflake" and ending with the slogan "Make America Taste Great Again," and a cow mascot implying only DirtyCommunists wouldn't buy it.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheTripletsOfBelleville'', Belleville closely resembles [[BigApplesauce New York City]]. All of its citizens seen in the background are grotesquely obese. Even the Statue of Liberty is a fat woman holding a cheeseburger. On the other hand, they are portrayed as polite, happy, hard-working, and if they have the time to, helpful to anyone in need.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheTripletsOfBelleville'', Belleville closely resembles [[BigApplesauce New York City]]. All of its citizens seen in the background are grotesquely obese. Even the Statue of Liberty Art/StatueOfLiberty is a fat woman holding a cheeseburger. On the other hand, they are portrayed as polite, happy, hard-working, and if they have the time to, helpful to anyone in need.
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[[caption-width-right:300:[[MemeticMutation Be the American the Japanese think you are.]]]]
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[[AC:For added atmosphere, listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIIufQKM2K0 this]] while reading.]]
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* "Buy American" by Music/{{Joywave}} (who are themselves from UsefulNotes/{{Rochester}}, [[MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting U.S.A.]]) is a satirical hot take on the nation's wasteful consumer culture.
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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-50-ae-j SCP-50-AE]]-[[PlayedForLaughs J]] is a [[HandCannon Desert Eagle]] that shoots a bald eagle. A bald eagle which proceeds to go absolutely berserk at "anyone who displays Communist beliefs, Russian ancestry, or unpatriotic leanings."
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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': ''Website/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-50-ae-j SCP-50-AE]]-[[PlayedForLaughs J]] is a [[HandCannon Desert Eagle]] that shoots a bald eagle. A bald eagle which proceeds to go absolutely berserk at "anyone who displays Communist beliefs, Russian ancestry, or unpatriotic leanings."
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* Another comedian talked about how he mostly enjoyed visiting Europe, but he couldn't stand locals who would immediately treat him like "America's Suggestion Box" whenever he'd introduce himself as an American, as though he was going to return home to the States and go "Okay, fellas, huddle: First, ''this'' is what they think about our education system..."
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* Another comedian talked about how he mostly enjoyed visiting Europe, but he couldn't stand locals who would immediately treat him like "America's Suggestion Box" whenever he'd introduce himself as an American, as though he was going to return home to the States and go "Okay, fellas, huddle: First, ''this'' is here's what they think about our education system..."
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* ''Literature/{{Gate}}'' offers a pretentious example of this. Americans are depicted as being schemers who use military force to get whatever they want. But what makes it ''really'' annoying for viewers is that the [[DoubleStandard Japanese do the exact same thing in this alternate world, often simply using their superior technology to force something, if they don't get their way.]] It is worth noting, however, that the series doesn't specifically reserve this treatment just for America; pretty much ''every other nation on the planet'' save for Japan itself is depicted as some form of villainous.
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* ''Film/ToraToraTora'': Most of the Japanese officers see America as Boorish, but Admiral Yamamoto sees it far more as Beautiful.
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* ''Film/ToraToraTora'': Most of the Japanese officers see America as Boorish, but Admiral Yamamoto sees it far more as Beautiful.Beautiful (or at the very least as a WorthyOpponent).
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* Another comedian talked about how he mostly enjoyed visiting Europe, but he couldn't stand locals who would immediately treat him like "America's Suggestion Box" whenever he'd introduce himself as an American, as though he was going to return home to the States and go "Okay, fellas, huddle: First, ''this'' is what they think about our education system..."
