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Originally Posted by MaDalton
oh, i am very biased, i dont like the republican party and especially the far right tea "party" people and the religious conservatives
also i think i read far more articles about US politics than 99.9% of americans about any politics of any european country (or the rest of the world)
i might be biased, but i am not stupid
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I lived in Europe for 10 years and have been to almost every major European country many many times. I'm quite familiar with cultural bias. You're right... Americans don't read articles about European politics because we are not in Europe. We don't have 30 neighbors who's politics directly affect us. We don't have an EU and dozens of failing states, each affecting the other. We don't have constant exposure to these dozens of neighbors through news, media, culture, concerts, art shows, tourism etc etc etc.
Europe on the other hand has constant news about the USA, much more than the USA has about Europe. Americans don't go for weekends in other countries, drive to the French Riviera for a few days, constantly fly and travel to other countries for business, hop on a train and visit 5 countries and so on and so on and so on.
The whole "Americans are stupid and have no idea whats going on in the world" is just more media bias and a stupid stereotype. You think the average Mexican knows anything about Europe or even cares? You think the average Canadian knows more than Americans? Canadians barely know who their own leaders are and care even less.
And by the way (not directed at you)... funny thing about "Americans are stupid" rhetoric... Biggest economy in the world. Biggest military in the world. Been to the moon. Been to Mars... even invented the internet so everyone could bitch about how dumb Americans are to a global audience from their living rooms. Seems Americans might be a little smarter than anyone in Europe wants to give them credit for.