What does it feel like to be an American?

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  2. The only thing better than being an American is being forklift certified 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅

  4. feels good. it’s 75 degrees, sunny, and I saw a goldfinch on my bird feeder this morning. how does it feel to be you, OP?

  6. It’s a cross between riding your motorcycle with no helmet heading to the water hole with a 12 pack of ice cold beer and touring the desert southwest in your convertible with your best girl’s hair flowing in the wind and tonight’s destination is yet unknown

  7. I just bought some Dukes mayonnaise from wal mart and holy shit is that stuff good. Can’t get that feeling in Central Europe. Checkmate

  11. You ever seen that video of the eagle with human arms and a machine gun set to Team America Theme Song?

  12. I feel lucky. The U.S. has its flaws, I will never argue that, but considering places I could have ended up?

  13. I recently saw a YouTube video of a dude in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 flying an F-16 down several Manhattan avenues, over Battery Park, around the Statue of Liberty, and then back north synced to the guitar solo of Free Bird by Skynyrd.

    So, that.

    Edit

    Found it lol

    https://youtu.be/7IgkbWSIGrE

  14. Feels normal most of the time.

    However, every once in a while, I get this swelling pride inside of me, the national anthem starts playing, a bald eagle lands on my shoulder and sheds a Freedom Tear which causes a fully semiautomatic AR-15 rifle to spring up out of the ground, then I gain 20 pounds.

    Like I said, pretty normal feeling.

  16. I feel very lucky actually. There’s a lot of potential for change in American culture. You can educate yourself and you aren’t stuck in the same social class. Countries with the caste system etc. don’t allow this. Also Democracy is such an important system. We have to educate our fellow Americans to resist fascism and oppression of the free press, corruption of judges and elected officials. Once those check and balances are gone we may never get it back. Read about countries with oligarchs because that is what it’d look like.

  18. Idk how to answer that other than to say that I’m extremely grateful to be an American. We have access to so much more than humanity has ever had access to. Things could have been so much worse just having been born in so many other places.

  19. Each morning I rise up and salute the flag opposite my bed. I take a swig of freedom juice and get ready for another day *instilling democracy* in another nation

  30. You know, it took me the majority of my life to become one. I remember dreaming it all up as a kid, from poor Eastern Europe.

    It’s quite overwhelming though. You get a lot of heritage. Suddenly all the big things are yours. You have LA, you have NY, you have NASA and the military.

    Then you get the baggage, the drug epidemic, the haters at home and abroad, Trump, the racism and all that.

    I’m kinda sucker for the cool aid and I can tell you, I’m drinking it all. This country, my country, is definitely not without its challenges. But we are aware and we are working on it.

    I’m proud and thankful to call this place home. Looking at my kid growing up in picturesque suburban life is amazing, makes me feel so accomplished. And that’s about the main thing.

    It feels like my family is in a much better place.

  34. It’s worth noting that America is an extremely diverse place by most people standards, both culturally and economically, so there is a very wide birth of experiences with regards to what it means to be an American.

    That said, for what it’s worth, on a daily basis I’m aware of how lucky I was to be born here. Anytime I’m tempted to gripe, I remind myself that I’m probably top 2% of the world in terms of economic stability and quality of life, And I’m definitely grateful for that.

  35. Free…unmitigated freedom to become rich or poor, gay or straight, political or independant, fat or skinny, involved or reclusive, armed or unarmed, happy or sad, buy or rent, single or committed, quiet or loud, patriotic or not, and any other choice you want or want not.

  36. It feels great, especially when you are holding the United States passport and traveling around the world

  38. It feels empowering. Half Mexican American woman here. I feel the privilege of waking up every day in a war-free country. I easily can afford anything I need. I have all my necessities taken care of. It also feels a little scary politically right now. We had a former president refuse the peaceful transition of power, and attempt a coup. For some strange reason his followers call themselves patriots, seem willing to tear up the constitution, ban books, ban civil rights, and jump off the cliff after him.
    Also there are many ways to improve our country. I’m grateful for the system that allows for voters to control policy. I’m patriotic, feel proud to be an American. Other than that it feels normal to be an American.

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