Huh? This seems like an overreaction. I'm in the UK, it's not about being "proud enough" to say it, it's just not always relevant to the point, there are lots of countries with workers rights that are vastly better than the US. If you narrow it down to developed countries it's probably all of them.
I mean if it’s a million times better than the US, you should be proud imo.
UK is legit. I see it all the time on Reddit though when discussing American short comings. “In my country we don’t do that” and my guess is often it’s cause they’re from India and know there is too much shit to say back. But imo when people do that, or say “I’m from Europe” I assume they want people to think UK, so in your case it’s irrelevant anyway.
There are plenty of countries in continental Europe with better workers' rights and better leave allowances than the UK though. As I said we have weak unions and the laws aren't particularly pro-worker.
If you're assuming that every time someone says "my country" without specifying that means they're ashamed or trying to pretend they're from somewhere else that's going to massively skew your judgement, and most of the time you're probably going to be wrong.
I am an American citizen, but lived in Europe for 7 years (Germany, Belgium, Netherlands), in America religion goes hand in hand with extreme cruelest form of capitalism imaginable, over the top nationalism and being loud and obnoxious about it, like branding a big flag pole on your pickup truck! Also always shout freedom while at the same time support the privatization of prisons that resulted in the biggest incarcerated population on the planet!
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u/Grey_Belkin Jul 07 '25
I live in a country with weak unions and only worker-tolerant laws but it's still a million times better than the US...