Americans have always been ignorant and, at times, disdainful towards every other country. That said, I noticed a difference in Americans I ran into abroad before and after Sept. 11th. Before, Americans didn't stand out anymore than those from other countries. After, there was a lot of flag and dick-waving and wanting to tell everyone wh…
Americans have always been ignorant and, at times, disdainful towards every other country. That said, I noticed a difference in Americans I ran into abroad before and after Sept. 11th. Before, Americans didn't stand out anymore than those from other countries. After, there was a lot of flag and dick-waving and wanting to tell everyone why their nations were subpar and America was better by leaps and bounds. The attack seemed to give a lot of Americans carte blanche to behave like utter assholes.
If anyone disagrees with that assessment, please tell me. Maybe it was just the Americans I met.
Dan, There definitely is a lot of that attitude among Americans, thinking that America is the biggest, baddest, best country in the world. However, there are also those of us who read books, & understand that other countries have deep wondrous history, stories, poetry, arts, etc.
I’m one of those people. I purchased the latest edition Audible book of On Tyranny by Dr Timothy Snyder & it had an addendum at the end. He went into the many centuries of Ukrainian history, & it was so thorough it took about 8 hrs or more of listening time. He explained the connection between Volodemyr & Vladimir & Putin’s obsession with having Ukraine 🇺🇦. It was wonderful & I will likely listen to it again. I wish everyone would. It gives you such a deep understanding of the Ukrainian people. ❤️
I spent time in Madagascar in the late 90s and the French, for the most part, were assholes to the Malagasy. A lot of Brits walked around like they were better than people from other Commonwealth nations, especially towards Australians. Your point is taken about those from mainland China and the Gulf States, but the Brits and French have been consistent (I will admit it may be different now). With Americans, though, the change in attitude was much more noticeable after Sept. 11th. I went to Fiji (much to the chagrin of my family) a few months afterwards and it actually took me off guard.
All that aside, Tim Mak is a breath of fresh air considering how little we see now about Ukraine in the media.
Americans have always been ignorant and, at times, disdainful towards every other country. That said, I noticed a difference in Americans I ran into abroad before and after Sept. 11th. Before, Americans didn't stand out anymore than those from other countries. After, there was a lot of flag and dick-waving and wanting to tell everyone why their nations were subpar and America was better by leaps and bounds. The attack seemed to give a lot of Americans carte blanche to behave like utter assholes.
If anyone disagrees with that assessment, please tell me. Maybe it was just the Americans I met.
Dan, There definitely is a lot of that attitude among Americans, thinking that America is the biggest, baddest, best country in the world. However, there are also those of us who read books, & understand that other countries have deep wondrous history, stories, poetry, arts, etc.
I’m one of those people. I purchased the latest edition Audible book of On Tyranny by Dr Timothy Snyder & it had an addendum at the end. He went into the many centuries of Ukrainian history, & it was so thorough it took about 8 hrs or more of listening time. He explained the connection between Volodemyr & Vladimir & Putin’s obsession with having Ukraine 🇺🇦. It was wonderful & I will likely listen to it again. I wish everyone would. It gives you such a deep understanding of the Ukrainian people. ❤️
I spent time in Madagascar in the late 90s and the French, for the most part, were assholes to the Malagasy. A lot of Brits walked around like they were better than people from other Commonwealth nations, especially towards Australians. Your point is taken about those from mainland China and the Gulf States, but the Brits and French have been consistent (I will admit it may be different now). With Americans, though, the change in attitude was much more noticeable after Sept. 11th. I went to Fiji (much to the chagrin of my family) a few months afterwards and it actually took me off guard.
All that aside, Tim Mak is a breath of fresh air considering how little we see now about Ukraine in the media.