Well im just asking because its common for people to think that way about americans in my area anyway
2007-01-12 05:22:42 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
im from london.
i read the title in the london newspaper.
it was disscussing americas schools and how if they dont buckle up now in 2015 the new generation will be as illiterate and 8 year olds from afghanistan.
2007-01-12 05:42:57 · update #1
to 'sugar sweet': do you think thats brave? thats just a good way to waste money.... there is no need of 'thousands and thousands of men' to go to other countries that want nothing to do with them. if american is soo good and likes to throw money away they would have stopped starvation in africa...
2007-01-12 06:00:28 · update #2
Among the nations of the West Americans are the most insular, the most unaware of the rest of the planet and the people in most ignorance of the world they live on.
80% of Americans do not hold a passport. This inclination to ignore the rest of the population of the planet (5.5 Billion people) is what causes the accusations of stupidity.
It is not that the population of this country are less intelligent than any other population, it is to do with the education we receive here.
Our Government does it's damnedest to keep us in ignorance about our planet and makes sure that all education is American centered, they will even accuse us of being anti American if we travel abroad too much.
That is why 9/11 came as such a shock to us when the rest of the world shook it's head sagely and said you had it coming.
We asked them why, and when we learned some of the terrible things our Government did, in our name, we still cannot believe it.
For instance our Government put Saddam in Power...Yes the whole world knew but not us, why? The right wing dictatorships we have supported, the military coups, the murderers, assassinations, the bullying, the lies and deceit and all the while we are fed drivel by fox TV about how great and good we are.
Man have we been duped.
How much longer are we going to let our leaders keep us in ignorance while the rest of the world laughs at us.
2007-01-12 05:48:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are not ignorant, we just dont see what its outside .
I am US borne, I lived in Miami-Florida for seven years, before that, I lived in south America and recently move out of Florida for good to the UK, and now I look back to these past 7 years and even though I did my professional career there, I felt it was the 7 worst years of my live (social wise), because of this capitalistic systems I did not have many friends, everybody was busy, did not have a real girlfriend cause I did not have money to show and people saw me like I was a rat because I was poor “the more you have, the more you are” . And in the US, you can not pursued a university degree unless you come from a very wealthy family or live in debt for the rest of your life and if you become sick, you either have to have an insurance (very expensive if not paid by employer) or lived in debt for the rest of your live.
I think in the US, there is a culture to work but not culture to socialise with others, for example Drs see you as a number $ more than as a patient, i don’t want to generalise but i think the US system changes people into machines and blocks their mind form what is outside, most of the people I meet there, think that the US is the best country in every single way, without even visiting other countries, well I don’t blame then , with the little time off we had in Florida as listed on linked below, there is not time to visit any other countries,
Well, something else I realize when I was travelling Europe and south America, I noticed that most of Americans did not make any effort to a least speak the most common or used word in other languages and expect everybody to speak english as once a girl from Chicago told me “we are leaving the a globalisation world so everybody need to speak English”
In the other hand I think that economically wise US is great , my parents are doing financially very well so is my brother and most of the people I know, but unfortunately all the money they make and have, cant not even be enjoyed. I truly respect you opinion but I think that WE as “Americans” should see the world equally, change our minds, not because we are richest and have the economical power we have the right to abuse others and impose our system, ethics, morals as every country has their own and we should respect that.
2007-01-15 23:08:37 · answer #2 · answered by Emelec27 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "most stupidest"? While some Americans are certainly stupid I'm thinking there is one person asking questions that might qualify as being "less intelligent" as well.
2007-01-12 05:38:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No i think more like the Bravest what other country sends thousands and thousands of our men and women to die to protect people in another country
2007-01-12 05:57:38 · answer #4 · answered by Tara 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Where are you from?? I'm from america and I know that most stupidest is not the correct way of phrasing that- so I would have to say I'm not as stupid as some.
2007-01-12 05:29:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. America has so many nice, smart people. Unfortunately, the stupid ones get all the attention.
2007-01-12 05:26:54 · answer #6 · answered by Kabu 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The most stupidest people? Don't know...but my friend spent a year in USA and she told me that in general they aren't very learned...
2007-01-12 06:13:13 · answer #7 · answered by Ilaria G 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You must come from a very narrow minded ignorant place.
2007-01-12 05:27:09 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Move to a different area.
There are stupid and sensible in all country's and cultures.
2007-01-12 05:26:33 · answer #9 · answered by Bladerunner (Dave) 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but they have lost the ability to compose a sentence properly.
2007-01-12 05:26:53 · answer #10 · answered by Faith 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋