@ubersiren kids always see things a little more simplistic and enjoy things such as parades (all the fireworks on the 4th of July and so on). My daughter is like that too.
I don’t know how old you are, but I was quite pro-American as a kid too, because it was a choice of either Rambo or evil KGB spies who ate children for breakfast. Growing up during the Cold War left no choice, and everyone had to take a stance against what we conceived to be our common enemy. Now that this threat is over, many people in the western world have started to criticise our own system of government and values.
Personally, having lived in several former Communist countries, I can see what the faults of capitalism have been, and how it has negatively affected those who opted for it. But I still think it’s better than the alternative. Not that much better, but better for sure.