No Stupid Questions

There are good replies here already, but I just want to emphasize the role of bragging. It seems boasting about yourself is quite accepted and sometimes perhaps even expected in the US. In Europe it is not at all, and we tend to react strongly to it.

Whenever I've found Americans to be insufferable they've always been bragging or taking themselves too seriously.

Not all Americans obviously. And I guess a lot of Americans can't stand these people either. But it's still a common American trait that very few Europeans will have patience for. Even our narcissists have learned to pretend to be humble.

American culture, partly because of bullshit mythos and partly because of religious like devotion to oligarchic capitalism, selects for low-empathy sociopaths and individual atomization/isolation. My favorite low end example is to observe my fellow citizens driving when I go to the suburbs: you are in their personal story, and you are in their way. City living doesn’t fix all that, but having to live in close proximity to neighbors and get used to compromise helps push a slightly more communal vibe.

But basically the entire culture is built around a get-yours-first mentality? And more recently an influencer-inflected sort of hyper-real understanding of one’s value and potential. We’re like a national exemplar for the dunning-Kruger effect, or like kids who cheat at online video games swaggering around proud of their “achievements”.

Seems like we’re in the finding out phase after fucking around though.

I wouldn't say arrogant, but I've worked with a lot of Americans, and there's something most of them have in common. I can't quite put my finger on what, but it's in the vicinity or arrogance. I simply don't have the necessary English vocabulary to explain it properly.

In short, I've found that most of them likes to swing their dick around and pull rank, even if someone else clearly has a better approach/solution/suggestion. This is far from unique to americans, but it seems more prevalent compared to the other nationalities I've worked with.

It seems that way because we are, on the whole, actually arrogant.

Americans seem to only be nice on the surface (if at all) but actually seem to have this attitude of "I don't give a f about you"

Nailed lol... an American wants people to like him while he screws you over.

Example archetypes: CEO, Billionaire, Manager,

For example there's a prevalent observation of Americans visiting other countries and acting like they own the place by being very loud, demanding and not accepting if things aren't the same way as they are in America.

That's just poorly socialized people though. We hear of other countries tourist behaving poorly all the time... Russia and China for example.

"ghetto" personality including trash-talking, lots of vulgar slang and slurs and bragging.

I guessing you never met a British lad after a few pints haha

And a general perception of money playing a big role as if many Americans judge someone's worth by money and this attitude of not feeling like needing to help someone

I am pretty every one is like this, it is human nature, some people are better at controlling it OR

masking it which ties into the first quote of this post.

Overall i think you called it right at first but examples you are providing is just shiti behavior people over all but it does support the original premises that Americans want to be liked while fucking you over.

I think it comes from the propaganda we consume that essentially say:

If you fuck people over to get paid, you are still a good person and other people must respect your "achievement"

"I learned it from you, Dad! I learned it from you!" - America to England

I think a lot of it comes from being the military and economic superpower of the world. We Americans must be an exceptional people, since we are so powerful in so many ways! (Please, feel free to add as much sarcasm as you feel is necessary to the previous statement, but remember that a lot of people say that with almost religious seriousness.)

Not enough people take geography into account, either. It has had a major effect on American society and our attitude towards other countries. We Americans have rarely needed to share. Our country is almost as big as, and quite isolated from, all of Europe. Our neighbor to the north largely speaks English, and is culturally quite similar to us. Our neighbor to the south has a culture worthy of admiration, but they are not seriously respected by most Americans.

That’s it. Two neighbors sharing borders with mainland USA. On the east and west, we have huge coastlines on two of the world’s largest oceans.

The most serious military threats to America were caused by countries an ocean away, and they were ultimately unsuccessful. Don’t forget our civil war… but even through all that, the government survived (and I’m glad it did, because we were basically fighting against people who wanted to uphold the right to keep slaves. Sure, you can argue that I’m oversimplifying things, but I’m not wrong). Add to that the concept of Manifest Destiny. People sincerely believed that it was GODS WILL that we conquer the land all the way to the Pacific, natives be damned.

Americans have believed in American Exceptionalism for about as long as America has existed. I can’t blame people for having a view that was drilled into their subconscious, but I can (and do) blame us when we’re insensitive dicks about it.

the american populace at large is deeply arrogant; not only that but also incredibly ignorant. it's this noxious blend that is not only really popular to personify, but often lauded for doing so as loudly as possible.

Rugged individualism and American exceptionalism are the likely culprits

Why does it seem like so many non-Americans stereotype Americans?

It makes sense if you accept that fascism was exported by the US. That and the national imperialist attitude is what you're noticing.

This is itself arrogant.

Are you American? If no... Ever heard of stereotypes?