I'm curious to know why people hate Americans so much?

One reason: America has been the dominant super-power since right after the industrial revolution. Russia challenged us, but eventually faded. No one likes the top dog.

Think about it this way: here in America, many people strive to be wealthy. They want to live in the best neighborhoods, have nice homes, cars, money to burn, etc. When someone ACTUALLY REACHES that goal, many of those same people despise them! They key their cars, speak of how they hate the rich, etc. See the hypocrisy?

No one likes top dog. They become a target to bring down. Human nature!

Look at how any country gets its info about the U.S. If perceptions of Americans are made through what the media reports and chatting on the net, then they may be distorted.

Some Americans tend to look down on people from other countries because of THEIR ignorance and blurred perceptions.

It becomes a cycle. Well, America is always in the news and has power and influence, so it is a topic of discussion. Most people are not discussing or thinking so much about insignificant countries. Whatever America does is magnified and people from other places are forced to form an opinion.

It is human nature to look elsewhere to blame someone when your in pain, 98% of the world lives on 2 bucks a day, this goes on for generations, it is hard for the poorest american to have empathy for something they can't grasp. These permanently poor are mad at our arrogance, our wealth, our consumption, and all while they starve.

This is why we are being nudged to join the world, give our wealth in to a big pot and share with the world.

Our wealth can be theirs any time they decide to give their people freedom and protection of law to own and buy within the law. Corruption takes that from them, so they live in fear.

So lets not worry to much about why they hate us, lets worry more about liberal activists who think we are the reason they are poor, Americans who hate themselves from guilt, and want us to be poor because that would be fair, equally poor makes us not the problem.

Our wealth is from hard work, invention, a great system of laws and freedom, property rights, and a bill of rights protecting the individual, lets get them to copy us, rather than the Obama bunch getting us to be like them.

We do them no good if we fail, we just prove that nothing works.

It is a direct result of foreign policy under George W Bush. The American people elected him a second time and so are seen to be entirely to blame for all his mistakes.

Muslims are not part of a forgiving religion.

It's not that I hate them... It's just...

They elected George W Bush twice!!!! [Who I blame for that war, he invaded for oil... his other excuses were lies]

they always getting into War like situations or budding there head where they shouldn't belong.. Like in the middle east!

Currently treating everyone like they are a terrorist based on how they look. Just because they look Middle eastern or wear traditional clothing from there culture doesn't make them terrorists.

The image of the American tourist overseas is one of total embarrassment to those of us Americans who DON'T act like that. Here is what American tourists overseas are seen as:

--wearing t-shirts & baseball caps everywhere

--chewing gum

--being loud

--refusing to try to learn local customs/language

--wanting to eat at McDonald's

The cultured Europeans who see this over & over end up rolling their eyes at the thought of Americans.

When I was in England, I was mistaken for being a Canadian (as opposed to American) & I took it as a very high compliment.

I hate America

Politicians are made by people, they don't come like superman, so your Politicians are the product of your thoughts, your desires and your greed and your disbelief in almighty god - and so each and every american is responsible for the satanic politicians of america

How I see a common American?

A common American wana be rich, is highly corrpt and highly greedy and can do anything, go to worst extent to get his wealth, power, status, fame, WORST EXTENT

America is the most unbelieving (in god) country in the world, wont say the most unbelieving in the history, but according to current status, america is the worst country on the face of earth and americans are the most unbelieving people on earth

Stereotypes of Americans:

-ignorant

-arrogant

-power-hungry

-subjective

-rude

-impolite

-unethical

-materialistic

-hedonistic

-money-oriented

-thinking that everything related to them is the best in the world

I heard that they're racist against the Asians.

Mafia?

lol jk jk, i got no clue.