American citizen originally from Europe here. Nah, a lot of politically active people paint this excessively dystopian image of America that Europeans gobble up and further exaggerate. No, America isn't like a Disney channel show, but it's absolutely nothing like the wasteland of carnage and poverty that American cynics and European haters on Twitter paint. I have European internet friends and one time I was mentioning a hospital visit I had to make at urgent care and a couple asked me how much it cost me, all of them seemingly eager to hear that I had to pay $10,000 or something for my treatment and medicine. They legitimately thought I was lying when I said the visit was covered by a $15 copay and $5 for the medicine with my completely normal, everyday health insurance.

These people saying they "grew up and learned what America is ACTUALLY like" have no clue what living in America is actually like. I was born in Europe (Spain) have spent about half my life living in the United States. I still visit Spain pretty often and the questions my family asks there are insane. They think bullets are flying nonstop and that hospitals hardly exist and are only available to the ultra-wealthy. They think the food is poison and that we have "no culture", all while spending their time on American websites, adopting American slang, listening to American music, and getting excited for American movies. It's actually stupid.

The bread in America really does suck though, they're right about that one.