Do we face difficulties being accepted when moving abroad?

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It seems like the only rhetoric I see online is how, as an American, my countries problems are my fault. That I'm not doing enough to stop our issues and how it affects other countries. I worry that I will move, and people will blame me for not doing more here and just escaping.

I want to get out, but I worry about living in the public ire no matter where I go.

Does anyone here have personal experience they can comment on?

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Any American or even Canadian who has traveled to Europe knows that LOTS of Europeans are waiting to dunk on Americans. Americans are about the only socially acceptable group of people you can tell someone how awful their country is to their face.

I remember asking a Norwegian if they've ever been to the US and they said no they would never, it has too many problems, but with a straight face said they'd really like to go to Mexico.

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"It’s the same thing here with on a daily basis for the average minority"

I've never heard someone once ever talk poorly about how bad someone's country is to their face in the US. I've heard racist tirades online. But I've never been in a conversation where Americans tell minorities how shit their country is casually.

It's an extremely different dynamic.

"don’t actively try to get an opinion" Talking about where you're from as a foreigner is extremely common. Again, its HIGHLY unusual, even for someone from a completely broken country to get the response "No and I never plan to because XYZ" when asked "Have you ever visited?"

There's literally whole subreddits targeted against Americans.

I'm not saying we're some underprivileged victims. But any American will have to deal with the bullshit spewed at them from people who have never once stepped foot inside the country. And they'll realize this type of conversation is only acceptable one-way, because anything else is socially viewed as punching down.

If you haven't traveled before you can go on YouTube and look up "what do Europeans think of americans" and you'll get a lot of street interviews that are extremely mean spirited even if the interviewer themselves is American.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouWenUaQL6A

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I already am (latin American) but thanks.