If you don’t know less than 50% of Americans have a passport. The ones who don’t, I really see the limitation in their thinking. They never saw that most of the world is in fact freer than them, has a better system in place for their people, and doesn’t have some of the major problems that America has. I’m currently in a country where over 90% of items are made in that country. America (made in China) can’t comprehend this efficiency. P.S. I’m American
The thing that gets me though is how dangerous many Americans say other parts of the world is without having ever been there lol. I travel and I’ll tell you America is the MOST dangerous country outside of warzones. Yes even more dangerous that Arab countries for women. Lol I know that propaganda is in a lot of Americans minds.
OK so who’s actually been outside the country and can talk geopolitics and actually know from experience what they are talking about?
Those things your former friend said can be normal ideas depending on the area and company you keep. The area of America i live in he would be met with hostility and be an outlier. It’s a large country and the different areas differ culturally. America has a lot of propaganda that cultivates this violent rejection of others as well as America being better or having manifest destiny. Various forms of media seems to cultivate violent misogynistic white supremacy in youths. This country also has huge wealth gap and a shit social welfare system so you have a lot of scared angry people who don’t want to become a have not and have no real community. It’s toxic here