What's something about the US that is totally normal to a US citizen, that Europeans can't seem to wrap their heads around?
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
Wide naivety about the rest of the world.
That includes Americans seeming not to comprehend that "Europe" is not a nation but a polyglot assortment of nearly thirty, very different nations with their own languages, cultures, geographical characteristics, etc.
I wonder if some of that confusion comes from news reports etc concentrating more on the European Union (a political and economic bloc) than on single countries.
That includes Americans seeming not to comprehend that "Europe" is not a nation but a polyglot assortment of nearly thirty, very different nations with their own languages, cultures, geographical characteristics, etc.
I wonder if some of that confusion comes from news reports etc concentrating more on the European Union (a political and economic bloc) than on single countries.
bijouxbroussard · F
@ArishMell It’s been my experience that many Europeans judge all Americans from popular stereotypes, and then accuse us all based upon those individuals. We’re a country, but not a homogeneous one by any means. And between some of our states are differences as broad as those existing between countries.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@bijouxbroussard Oh, I can believe that. Stereotypical ideas about other countries are by no means confined to the USA and European countries, and there are plenty between just the latter!
BrandNewMan · M
@ArishMell
There are pros/cons to other countries vs ours .. but frankly .. we don't give as much a fuck what the rest of the world thinks as it likes to believe we should. There have always been more from elsewhere trying to come here than the reverse. I wonder why that is ??
There are pros/cons to other countries vs ours .. but frankly .. we don't give as much a fuck what the rest of the world thinks as it likes to believe we should. There have always been more from elsewhere trying to come here than the reverse. I wonder why that is ??
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@BrandNewMan That's true of many countries, not just the USA, and "always" has been: people fleeing poverty, oppression, wars....
I take you point though I don't swear about it that many Americans do not care about anyone on the opposite sides of those two big oceans; but even without unwanted immigration they should remember no country can or does exist in isolation even if those individuals do so personally.
I take you point though I don't swear about it that many Americans do not care about anyone on the opposite sides of those two big oceans; but even without unwanted immigration they should remember no country can or does exist in isolation even if those individuals do so personally.
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