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You tell us
by okareaman 5y ago
You tell us
- FridayoLeary 5y agoAmericans seem to focus on themselves more than other nationalities.
- jacquesm 5y agoThis is common the world over. What is not common the world over is that there is this thing called exceptionalism which America uses to tell itself that they are the good guys in everything they do and in general better at everything they do. This is something I haven't experienced anywhere else. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism
- gruez 5y agoWhy is this comment thread veering off to "American exceptionalism"?. The straigtforward answer as to why the title says "Many americans..." is that they conducted a nation-wide survey of americans. They could have done a global survey, but they didn't, probably because: 1. it would be much more expensive and logistically challenging (eg. localizing the questions) 2. the readership of the media company that commissioned the survey is mostly american It's not because of "American exceptionalism" or whatever.
- jacquesm 5y agoBecause it's a discussion board.
- FridayoLeary 5y agoI have never heard any politician here say "British people are x" or that "British people feel y". In America such expressions appear in almost every speech. Likewise for news headlines etc. In the UK the title would be "customers not aware" and the like. This is to give the (correct) impression that the entire nation has in no way been united by this fact. But in the US it seems more common to use terminology that lumps everyone together, to the exclusion of the rest of the world.
- gruez 5y ago>I have never heard any politician here say "British people are x" or that "British people feel y". You haven't? Here's some speeches I found using "uk prime minister speech": https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49102495 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49102495 >British people have had enough of waiting. >Brexit was a fundamental decision by the British people [...] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-leader-speech-text-idUSKCN1UK1JK https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-leader-speech-... >It will leave the British people wondering [...]
- detaro 5y agoIn the UK it's not even limited to people! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiKmqY_RNME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiKmqY_RNME
- karaterobot 5y agoThey polled 31k Americans for this, what do you want the article title to be?
- FridayoLeary 5y agoSome shop uses face recognition. Who cares enough to bother finding that out? (not to say it isn't important) It hardly indicates a social trend.