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Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it's actually pretty popular.

Do you have some that's really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Americans really think they own the world sometimes, and truly underestimate the disdain the world has for them.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

That is the opposite of unpopular.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah this is not an unpopular opinion, especially on a site like this.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We really don't have disdain for the Americans. Most Americans I've met have been great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I, as someone in a third world country, absolutely hate US foreign policy. Fuck you, we almost had a democracy for a minute. We didn’t need your highways either.

But you can’t blame these actions in the people of the US, as nor the army nor the FBI, CIA, and the other three letters are democratic.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Until they want something. Then it's hands out pls send tanks daddy.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago

And vice versa. Stop asking America for money.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We do own the world, and its not that we don't underestimate their disdain for us, we just don't care because we don't have to

We are special

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

LMAO white snowflakes think they are special... your overly proud attitude psyops is not working that well now. In less than a decade, USA pop culture will become as obscure as the amount of shit given by Brits about UK Royal Family.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Im not a Caucasian im an immigrant, the US is simply different than any other country, it attracts the most hardworking and smartest people from around the world

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Then why are Chinese scientists leaving at the rate of over 20% per year? Others are leaving too, after seeing that the money is not worth potential loss of life and dignity, after the support for Ukrainian fascism and US/Europe encouraging racism against non-whites has been propped up.