> PS: Why don't most Americans know how bad they have it? Is it their lack of passports or lack of honesty in paying attention outside of their filter bubble?

> PS: Why don't most Americans know how bad they have it? Is it their lack of passports or lack of honesty in paying attention outside of their filter bubble? I think it's both, now, but I think that the 'no passports' thing has been a factor for a while. When I was in middle school I wondered why many (white, middle-class, etc) Americans only speak English when so many people from Europe, etc speak several (or at least can get by). It dawned on me one day that you could start on one coast and drive clear across the continent without ever needing a second language - it's all USA the whole way. So yeah - much like the language thing there's no real exposure to anything other than our country.