Commentary
Canadians tend to please themselves by feeling superior to the Americans: Americans are violent; we are peaceful. Americans demand anarchical freedom; Canadians want “peace, order, and good government.” Americans go to extremes, e.g., by electing the awful President Donald Trump; we are moderate, e.g., by electing a young, good-looking, well-spoken prime minister. Americans are braggarts; we are modest. Of course, Canadians often add that American people are nice and kind; it’s only American culture that’s the problem and the reason that American society has gone wrong.
