Americans are nervous; Americans are restless; and what troubles me the most is that Americans are uncharacteristically pessimistic.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment.
Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power.
The American people are frustrated.
I've always felt that Americans are very in the moment. There's not so much melancholia and mystery as there is in France. Everything must be understood. Everything must be analyzed.
The Americans are optimistic by their nature. And they are hopeful.
One of the most persistent cultural tics of the early 21st century is Americans' reluctance to absorb, let alone prepare for, bad news.
There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.
We Americans typically are more positive about our individual futures, which we have some control over, than we are the nation's or the world's, which we see largely through the media prism.
Americans have discovered fear.
No matter how rough things can be at times, many Americans are optimistic and on the move.