Well, it was a really terrible movie, but the theme song came into my head at regular intervals while I was out of the US, like when I flashed my US passport at train stations or listened to an American professor spout off to the European students about the ideals of American democracy. I learned a lot about the differences between the US and the EU. Race vs. ethnicity (does either actually exist?), educational systems, energy-consumption rates, the appeal of hip-hop, the (non)tradition of church-going, ketchup vs. mayonnaise on fries…
There are things I like about my country, and things I would like to change. I think this picture best embodies the wide Atlantic separating the EU and the US:
If you stare at it really hard, you can see the ice just starting to melt…
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