They've been continuously programmed with insane beliefs about China, which is less shocking when you understand what insane beliefs that they've had programmed into them about their neighbors. The world and your neighborhood are full of evil communists and Nazis who are trying to kill you all the time.
I don't think it's all Americans however there is a portion of them who are not able to grasp the world outside of their borders.
I think it's mainly due to poor education many receive and a very controlled media that suppresses information.
It's shocking considering how much money they spend on education compared to other nations.
> The world and your neighborhood are full of evil communists and Nazis who are trying to kill you all the time.
Don't know about that but your neighbors in Iran in early january happened to be "nice people" who just followed the orders to slaughter 30 000 unarmed civilians.
We could talk about the, what 600 000 deaths, including many civilians, in the Ukraine/Russia war.
Or we could talk about the number of nice palestinians killed since the beginning of the war in Gaza. Or we could go a bit further and talk about the joy and celebration in Gaza after their heroes brought back 200 hostages after having slaughtered 1200 civilians.
You may be living in a place that you think shields you from those but I know the ideologies behind these acts.
The fallacy of gray is just that: it's not true that there's always a nice middle ground and that there's no evil ideology out there.
Something something about the price of liberty being eternal vigilance. For there are people abusing your blind trust.
QED
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