Why do so many people bash the USA?

[Cybergod]

The reason for the USA receiving so much bashing can be clearly illustrated in SMAC - If you are no.1, the world doesn't particulary like you. If you are twice as powerful as the next most powerful faction, the world hates your guts and wishes the mindworms eat you up slowly, bit by bit. It's like playing University, having 100s of bases, Singularity Planet Busters, controlling a good portion of Planet (economically, politically/diplomatically and militarily), and being threatened by a pathetic Chairman Yang (who uses Missile Jets), who dislikes your "anarchist" democracy.

Oops, this was an unintetional advert for Alpha Centauri...

[Ned]

Originally posted by Cybergod
The reason for the USA receiving so much bashing can be clearly illustrated in SMAC - If you are no.1, the world doesn't particulary like you. If you are twice as powerful as the next most powerful faction, the world hates your guts and wishes the mindworms eat you up slowly, bit by bit. It's like playing University, having 100s of bases, Singularity Planet Busters, controlling a good portion of Planet (economically, politically/diplomatically and militarily), and being threatened by a pathetic Chairman Yang (who uses Missile Jets), who dislikes your "anarchist" democracy.

Oops, this was an unintetional advert for Alpha Centauri...

I think the analogy is very apt.

[red_jon]

Yes, but in Alpha Centauri you don't see your citizens waving millions of flags and screaming they're better than everyone else at the other factions.

There's a certain arrogance that comes with such power - I've no doubt 100 years ago we British were the same.