To be honest, I kind of think of the USA, for the most part, as being an extension of Europe, not geographically, but culturally. The vast majority of Americans are of full or partial European descent - British, Irish, German, Italian, Spanish etc. The country was founded and built for the most part by Europeans (do not mistake the nation for the land, which of course originally belonged to the Native Americans). I feel similarly about Canada and Australia.
Individual European countries kind of naturally hate each other anyway, we used to be at war with one another every five minutes, so hating America seems natural too. Lol.
In all seriousness, I don't have a problem with America or most Americans. I like US history and I'm not ashamed to admit they were a vital help in the past, like during World War II. Of course there's no shortage of self-absorbed knobheads from America online, but there's many from other countries too.
I don't think I know anyone that outright hates Americans, but maybe a good couple of people are guilty of lazy stereotyping, off hand remarks and misdirected rage ("Americans" become a euphemism for actions by the US government, especially in relation to foreign policy). Then again, that goes both ways.
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