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Originally Posted by Barefootsies
I think you're over reaching chief.
It's the government, and policy makers that are pissing off the globe.
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Well, I would and wouldn't agree with you,
WHAT does a regular Joe know about the:
- Kjoto protocol
- the debts in south America,
- trusts / outsourcing / saving on healthcare etc.
- US invading Corea / Vietnam / Afghanistan / Iraq - all those were problematic incidents with a very strong opposition in Europe no matter if before 89 / after 89, these countries don't have a good experience with countries invading other countries after the World War II
IF he knew about this something - now that would be a true reason to be in an oposition for every say "liberal" or almost "left wing" thinking person but wouldn't neccessarily lead to "hate"
BUT all these facts are scandalised and touched on a very superficial level in the most popular tabloid media, furthermore
what a regular Joe is mainly exposed to is:
- regular killings, kids getting slaughtered with guns - something that just NEVER happened around here in the past 200 years (well besides Germany very recently)
- too many fat people to be seen on every uncensored public screening occasion, now everyone knows that people in US don't look like in "Baywatch" and every jerk is used to make fun out of it
- some US programs just are generally regarded as say "made for simplier people" and people watch that as ZOO
So in a way - yes, logically it would be mainly government that throws shade on the nation but MORE importantly, it's media and their feeding the masses with stuff with zero informational or any other value at all, which is unfortunately somehow accepted by the masses.
How many people from here were actually in the States? was that 0,5 pct.? How many of them ever read about the US history, how many of them know about Mayflower / about the Independence process / About the bill of rights / about the US legal system / about the modern history / about the way how it works in the states
So, I would say, even
logically it should be exactly the opposite - It's more IGNORANCE than the government.
We are guilty just about the same as the US guys who are ignoring the outside world.