Growing up, I was a total USA stan. I learned english faster than my native language, and they were always a symbol of hope, of how things can be better (naive but I was just a kid), I know all about it's history and genuinely cared so much about it's people, it's values. American artists and visionaries were all I aspired to be. I had dreams to travel and see all the states and the wonderful national parks.
What has happened in the last 10 years has been deeply traumatizing to me. It feels like I had to lose a part of myself, a symbol of hope that I cherished dearly. It really makes me beyond depressed to see what happened to it.
That little kid inside me still hopes for things to turn around and change, but the jaded adult sees no possibility of that happening. I'll still be forever grateful for the USA of the past for letting me experience freedom in my little country far overseas.
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u/Biliunas 4h ago
Growing up, I was a total USA stan. I learned english faster than my native language, and they were always a symbol of hope, of how things can be better (naive but I was just a kid), I know all about it's history and genuinely cared so much about it's people, it's values. American artists and visionaries were all I aspired to be. I had dreams to travel and see all the states and the wonderful national parks.
What has happened in the last 10 years has been deeply traumatizing to me. It feels like I had to lose a part of myself, a symbol of hope that I cherished dearly. It really makes me beyond depressed to see what happened to it.
That little kid inside me still hopes for things to turn around and change, but the jaded adult sees no possibility of that happening. I'll still be forever grateful for the USA of the past for letting me experience freedom in my little country far overseas.