"America" != "The U.S."
Its like saying "The French [edit: population] want <something form a France PM press release> [edit: because ] "
Edit: fixed bad example and made the argument clearer.
this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2025
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That doesn't make any sense, America and The US are both shortened versions of the full name of the country, and both largely refer to the government.
"Americans" refers to the people, "The Americans" to me is talking about the government again (depending on context), or its military or something.
So if someone says, "Americans want X," I assume there are polls to back that up, whereas "The Americans want X" implies an official press release. At least that's how I've used those terms.
Americans voted for this. You can argue about the minutiae and the process, but that's the gist of it.
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