That's only a problem if being american is core part of your personality.
Uhm. Uh, no.
I live here, I don't want my country and its culture - my culture - to be a pathetic, degenerate joke.
"American" isn't exactly a core part of my identity exactly, but I am 100% American. And I live in America. So I want America, and American culture, to be a pleasant, cool, or badass thing. And not the aforementioned pathetic degenerate joke, completely divorced from reality.
Uhm. Uh, no.
I live here, I don't want my country and its culture - my culture - to be a pathetic, degenerate joke.
"American" isn't exactly a core part of my identity exactly, but I am 100% American. And I live in America. So I want America, and American culture, to be a pleasant, cool, or badass thing. And not the aforementioned pathetic degenerate joke, completely divorced from reality.
I give you this evening's Terrible Take Award.
There's no point worrying about things outside of your control, that thing being other people thoughts.
Japanese will think whatever they want about your country and there's not a damn thing you can do about it.
We're in this fuckfest since 5 guys saga exactly because some neurotic freaks thinks they can control other people's opinions.