Interesting question about what I like or dislike about my own country (which happens to be the United States).
Likes:
1) Solitude. Sometimes I just want to be alone. When I lived in Italy, there was this notion of a "giro" (a group of people who do EVERYTHING together). I found that suffocating.
2) Humor. I like the American sense of humor. I could live in France forever (not bashing the french, I am of french ancestry btw) and I would never like Jerry Lewis ( yes, I realize he's American!) like they do. Though I did like the french show "Coccoboys" (doubt it's still on) which was sort of like political muppets.
3) Music (but not the kind you hear on the radio).
4) Diversity. I am not just talking about different minorities ( certainly France is catching up with us on that). In Europe there is this well-established notion of "high culture". Now, there is a good side of that, but it can be suffocating as well. I actually like this lack of tradition in American society, although I recognize its downside.
Dislikes -----------
1) Solitude. It's also one of my dislikes. People have a hard time speaking to one another and bonding.
2) Food.
3) superficial religiosity. I agree with Woj on this one.
4) Patriotism.
===== <<Be like me! The Primal Mother, eternally creative, eternally impelling into life,
eternally drawing satisfaction from the ceaseless flux of phenomena.>>
-Nietzsche, "The Birth of Tragedy"
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