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That doesn't seem to be US specific...
by dewey 10y ago
That doesn't seem to be US specific...
- adventured 10y agoIt's not, the parent could have made the same point without focusing it on the US at all. It's a rather mediocre and cheap excuse to bash the US. You can use the US for nearly any topic of punching, due to its size culturally and economically, its superpower status, omnipresence, etc. and people will overwhelmingly look the other way and or join in (any excuse to get that outrage hit).
- jpttsn 10y agoAn interesting twist in the evolving hivemind. Westerners generations ago assumed the rest of the world were savage. Today's westerners assume that they are the savages, and that the rest of the world is enlightened, free from self-interest, kumbaya all the way. Lest we learn about the wider world, I guess.
- wingerlang 10y ago> Today's westerners assume that they are the savages, and that the rest of the world is enlightened, free from self-interest, kumbaya all the way. That's a very broad statement which I think is not even remotely true.
- jpttsn 10y agoI agree. It relied on context. Mea culpa.
- saint_fiasco 10y agoIt's pretty common. I know people from many Western countries who say "this sort of bullshit only happens in my country, I'm so ashamed" when they are in fact talking about near-universal human problems. Then again, all my friends are Westerners, so it could be that they do this sort of thing in the East too.
- lallysingh 10y agoSo they think the grass is greener elsewhere? That sounds like a pretty normal (irrational, but understandable for humans) belief to have after removing a we're-the-only-civiized-ones belief.
- eeZah7Ux 10y ago"Unlimited All-you-can eat fiber" used to describe a capped ADSL. This happens in UK as well but it would be quite illegal in various European countries. People seem to be blaming the US because the US is leading the way with false advertising.