A very typical European understanding of the US - "I read an article about... ", "I saw on Reddit that... ", "I saw an Onion video that said... " <obviously red

A very typical European understanding of the US - "I read an article about... ", "I saw on Reddit that... ", "I saw an Onion video that said... " <obviously reductionist caricature follows>. You're watching the reflections on the wall of Plato's cave and think you have any understanding of the society that cast them. Edit: I also see in your other comments that you praise Xi Jinping's China. Enough said.