Canada's weird, left-wing, anti-American nationalism

Why do Canadians hate the United States so much? What's the deal with Canadian anti-Americanism? Let's look at the roots of Canada's national identity and talk about why Canadians are obsessed with seeing their country as "not-America."

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[MrTilldaddy]

Left-wingers in Canada: Canada is better than the USA!
Left-wingers in the USA: Canada is better than the USA!

[Azraiel]

I mean "Not America" is basically Canada's unofficial name globally.

[saiyanc]

Americans: You're so nice!
Canadians: I hate you

[nicholaspadilla]

As an American, this video is like finding out that someone in your friend group hates you and you never knew.

[mgway]

Canada devotes so much energy to resisting the US and the US doesn't even acknowledge they exist half the time

[alsyrriad]

As an American, I had no idea Canada hated us that much. lmao

[Anthony-jdnl]

As an American, watching this video is the longest I've ever thought about Canada in one sitting... and it was fascinating.

[Danymok]

Something interesting I realized is that Britain has a similar sentiment. They aren't as left wing, but they do look down on the US. Although I don't think they are as serious because they know the UK is also pretty messed up lol. Canada is a bit more serious about this kind of sentiment though for sure.

[CharizardMaster]

seeing all the “Americans don’t think about Canadians as much as Canadians think about Americans” comments made me realize that yeah, this is my first time in a while thinking about Canadians.

[overthecounterbeanie]

Is it wrong that I simultaneously want your channel to become really popular and yet remain a hidden gem?

[dank]

I think it's funny you mention Canadian pride in their healthcare. Any canadian in an online forum can't go 5 seconds w/o comparing it to the US.

[Danymok]

I used to live in Canada, and I remember when we were in school they showed a video highlighting how Canada is unique from the US. It was many years ago, but I remember some things such as the video saying "We have a Parliament, not a White house... we have a better view of Niagra" (which I know is bot really a strong statement in any way, but it's all I remember exactly) and the whole video was angled in a way to make Canada feel unique to and better than the US.
I live in the US now, but don't get me wrong, I have fond memories in Canada and love it, but there is that light anti-American sentiment.

[xp_studios]

Canada in 2020: america too racist!
Canada in 1920: america not racist enough!!

[ramentaco]

For perspective, various polls put americans’ views of Canada as somewhere between 80 - 90% favorable, some even higher.

[iboKirby]

I remember when I was living in Austria, how we went to this one girl’s apartment who was Canadian and as soon as I and another American stepped inside, she felt it necessary to tell us that she was not one of those Canadians that hated Americans. It was kind of a weird experience and really a shock to me. I’m from North Dakota and get mistaken as Canadian here in other parts of the US and in Canada because of my accent and I never experienced hatred from Canadians or really knew that there are Canadians with a deep hatred of the US and Americans.

[davidnicholson]

Insecurity: it's easy to spot for everyone except those who are insecure. I've spent a lot of time in Canada over the years and I love Canadians... but this kind of reflexive anti-Americanism rooted in Canadian insecurity is indeed common. As a great public example of this, check out the spoken word performance during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics opening ceremony. It's basically a Canadian artist Shane Koyczan yelling "we're NOT AMERICA, we're BETTER THAN AMERICA" in the most sophomoric and pathetic way possible. The CBC of course called this childishness "spine tingling". Lol.

[amazingturtle]

So Canada is the guy in the elevator that says:
"I feel bad for you"
And America is the guy that says:
"I don't think about you at all"

[cantbeleveitsnotnaru]

A lot of the "we're better than the US" ideology has often lead people I know to down play Canadian bigotry, racism and historical awfulness because we're "not as bad as Americans" 🙄

[PV]

85% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the border with the U.S.

[kingsburylot]

As an American, the only people I have ever heard saying that America wants to control Canada, are Canadians.