▲ 994 ▼ Most young people are no longer proud to be Americans, poll finds (www.axios.com) submitted 3 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 359 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] Mamertine@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago (3 children) Ironically many Americans are proud to be [pick any European country]. Which I always found is considering they nor their parents nor grandparents had every set foot in that nation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) I can explain that. If you moved to the US from where you're from, would you call yourself an American or where you're from? What about your kids born in the US, would they then be an American and you're not? Would you want your family history passed down? Now include war, being chased out of your home country, etc., and you got yourself someone that wants to honor that history for generations. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 years ago Nah, that’s weird. In Australia, if you were born here, you’re Australian. That’s it. I have lots of friends whose parents are from all over the world - UK, Ireland, Italy, Greece, India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, The Phillipines, NZ. Almost 50% of Australians have a parent who wasn’t born here. But if you ask any of those first generation Australians where they’re from, they’d all say Australia - not their parents country. The American obsession with race/lineage/DNA tests is just weird. permalink fedilink source parent [–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago In theory, to be American your ethnic background should be diverse. We are the uniting force of humanity. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago It's like me claiming to be Polish-British because my mum's family came here in the 1600s. It's stupid. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) I can explain that. If you moved to the US from where you're from, would you call yourself an American or where you're from? What about your kids born in the US, would they then be an American and you're not? Would you want your family history passed down? Now include war, being chased out of your home country, etc., and you got yourself someone that wants to honor that history for generations. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 years ago Nah, that’s weird. In Australia, if you were born here, you’re Australian. That’s it. I have lots of friends whose parents are from all over the world - UK, Ireland, Italy, Greece, India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, The Phillipines, NZ. Almost 50% of Australians have a parent who wasn’t born here. But if you ask any of those first generation Australians where they’re from, they’d all say Australia - not their parents country. The American obsession with race/lineage/DNA tests is just weird. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 years ago Nah, that’s weird. In Australia, if you were born here, you’re Australian. That’s it. I have lots of friends whose parents are from all over the world - UK, Ireland, Italy, Greece, India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, The Phillipines, NZ. Almost 50% of Australians have a parent who wasn’t born here. But if you ask any of those first generation Australians where they’re from, they’d all say Australia - not their parents country. The American obsession with race/lineage/DNA tests is just weird. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago In theory, to be American your ethnic background should be diverse. We are the uniting force of humanity. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago It's like me claiming to be Polish-British because my mum's family came here in the 1600s. It's stupid. permalink fedilink source parent