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Why do some people from United States still believe that their country is the greatest in the world? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by nutomic@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Nyaa@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We are taught that from school and in our families. People like my father think that America is number one, and that all other countries have no freedom and that everyone is trying to escape to the US. It's just (attempted) to be passed down to the children.

We learn barely anything about other countries history in school except for the bad. A lot of our history taught, while accurate (hopefully), leaves out a lot to understand other countries and commonly portrays us to be the "good guy".