[SOC] Fwd: It is very Strange, isn't it?

[Ian C. Purdie]

Carlos J Caro wrote:

> I have found that many non-americans are ignorant of the separation of the
> powers of the Federal
> and State Governments. They assume that our government operates the way
> theirs do
> and can not understand the different layers of ours.

With respect Carlos, the biggest mistake any American ever makes about
non-Americans is assuming that we are ignorant about both your country, its
culture and, its laws.

I can thoroughly assure you we are definitely not.

Most of us well educated citizens of the world are very well schooled in the
USA and its laws, customs and so forth.

Sadly for the world at large, the converse is not true. The same can not be
said of Americans, no real world exists beyond its borders.

Most people from Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Germany or wherever have
not only a more than a rudimentary idea of your system of government but a far,
far wider appreciation.

On the other hand, the average American couldn't point out France or Britain on
a map, let alone Australia [that's somewhere between Germany and Switzerland].

Even more sadly, the same can not be said of a cross section of the American
population when it comes to understanding.

There is for most, only one world, the USA. Nothing else seriously exists
beyond its borders.

Over a prolonged period of time, I've come to the view that America's media is
really at fault, it appears to consistently present one single point of view of
the world for home consumption and, it has done so for generations and now
world society reaps the benefits of that myopic view.

The average American in my personal and close experience is kind, generous and
above all no different to the rest of us, just misinformed.

For decades, successive American governments have condemned numerous regimes
around the world while sitting upon a propaganda machine that Josef Goebbels
would have given his right arm for.

Our American cousins only ever get presented with the 'home team" story. There
was never any other participant, in anything, anywhere, in anything else, ever.

However, others from Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Germany or wherever we
come from consistently see a variety of differing views. Yep, our news services
give us all shades of grey, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

We believe:

America didn't save Europe in WW11, didn't save Britain in WW11, didn't save
Australia in WW11, or heck even win WW1. The USA was just another participant
when it was either advantageous or thrust upon them.

But, however the USA did make a lot of money, reduced Britain to pecuniary
circumstance and achieved their biggest goal ever in its history. It's the
truth...


72/73's

Ian C. Purdie
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