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Originally Posted by Architype
That's correct, it isn't really "anti-Americanism" as the OP suggests, which is mostly a misnomer; it's actually mostly disapproval of the Trump administration in particular and it's policies and values.
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Yeah, and even then the question was is it dying down, and yeah, I don't think people really have anything against the country or its people.
I'm personally not thrilled about the power imbalance we have with them, but even then, considering it Canada's actually come out very nicely. I'm also not into the hegemony that vid referred to, but really we don't notice it on a day-to-day basis so it's easy to separate it from our general feelings towards the US.
It's complicated to say what we really think because there are so many different issues here. For the most part, I do look at the US with the (strange) mix of pity and envy that I mentioned earlier. I am turned off by the way they treat their own people, and much of their foreign policy. At the same time, I think it's a great place to visit and they're still our greatest ally. The US is an odd place, so it's bound to incite many conflicting feelings.