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Yes it can be very hard for non-affluent Americans to travel if they're not near a border. Like anywhere else. Americans knowledge of geography could certainly

Yes it can be very hard for non-affluent Americans to travel if they're not near a border. Like anywhere else. Americans knowledge of geography could certainly be improved. I don't think it means anything negative about the people though.

JBlue42 9y ago
How is it not negative to be aware of the world around you, especially when you're (for now) the most powerful country in it and can vote for people that enact policies that have severe repercussions on many people? Celebrating ignorance is one reason we have the current administration and Congress.
- thieving_magpie 9y ago
  You're putting a lot of responsibility on some regular people. Do you go around to Inuits quizzing them on Southeast Asia too? Ordinary citizens do not vote on issues affecting an individual country. I'm sorry, you're just going to have to accept the fact that not all Americans are well educated.
  - JBlue42 9y ago
    >You're putting a lot of responsibility on some regular people. Putting nuclear weapons at the finger tips of someone is a big responsibility. >Ordinary citizens do not vote on issues affecting an individual country. They vote on representatives that tend to have a policies that might. See for example those running on platforms on building border walls, kicking out immigrants, banning people from other nations from entering them, pulling out of climate change agreements, etc. >I'm sorry, you're just going to have to accept the fact that not all Americans are well educated. I accept that's the fact now. I don't accept that that should be a fact for the country's future.
    - thieving_magpie 9y ago
      You'll have to explain to me how a guy in Oklahoma having a passport and knowing the capitol of Hungary is relevant to nuclear policy and the threat of nuclear war. Your argument is all over the place. We're not all rich here in America, many of us weren't given great educations and have the money to travel. It isn't like Europe where another country may be within a couple of hours drive or train ride. I also accept that we should do better in Geography. That'd be swell.

JBlue42 9y ago

How is it not negative to be aware of the world around you, especially when you're (for now) the most powerful country in it and can vote for people that enact policies that have severe repercussions on many people? Celebrating ignorance is one reason we have the current administration and Congress.

thieving_magpie 9y ago
You're putting a lot of responsibility on some regular people. Do you go around to Inuits quizzing them on Southeast Asia too? Ordinary citizens do not vote on issues affecting an individual country. I'm sorry, you're just going to have to accept the fact that not all Americans are well educated.
- JBlue42 9y ago
  >You're putting a lot of responsibility on some regular people. Putting nuclear weapons at the finger tips of someone is a big responsibility. >Ordinary citizens do not vote on issues affecting an individual country. They vote on representatives that tend to have a policies that might. See for example those running on platforms on building border walls, kicking out immigrants, banning people from other nations from entering them, pulling out of climate change agreements, etc. >I'm sorry, you're just going to have to accept the fact that not all Americans are well educated. I accept that's the fact now. I don't accept that that should be a fact for the country's future.
  - thieving_magpie 9y ago
    You'll have to explain to me how a guy in Oklahoma having a passport and knowing the capitol of Hungary is relevant to nuclear policy and the threat of nuclear war. Your argument is all over the place. We're not all rich here in America, many of us weren't given great educations and have the money to travel. It isn't like Europe where another country may be within a couple of hours drive or train ride. I also accept that we should do better in Geography. That'd be swell.