Still mad at the Colony

I hope you don't lose too much sleep over this, but the Brits don't like us much these days:

The YouGov poll found that 77 percent of respondents disagreed with the statement that the US is "a beacon of hope for the world".

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A massive 83 percent of those questioned said that the United States doesn't care what the rest of the world thinks.

So who is the beacon of hope for the world? Britain? At least the poll got one thing right -- at least I hope the U.S. doesn't care what the rest of the world thinks. What does "world opinion" have to do with doing the right thing or acting in our own best interest?

In answer to other questions, a majority of the Britons questions described Americans as uncaring, divided by class, awash in violent crime, vulgar, preoccupied with money, ignorant of the outside world, racially divided, uncultured and in the most overwhelming result (90 percent of respondents) dominated by big business.

And the point is . . . ?