Do you think that most Americans?

Question

are ignorant about the cultures of other countries.

I believe this to be true, I am British and although we dont claim to be intellectualy superior, most of us are aware of what goes on in the world and understand the backgrounds and the diversity of many cultures.

Your president is reknown for not knowing the geography of the world, so if he is your leader, then his followers must be the same.

Answer 1

what the hell are you talking about. generalizing an entire nation on the qualities of a few is ignorant. if you knew what americans actually think, you wouldn't make that conclusion. a few people are like that, but most people aren't. most people want to know about other countries, and even go there to learn the cultures better. grow up and stop generalizing.

Answer 2

I was borne in the US, lived in Miami-Florida for seven years, before that, in south America and I recently move out of Florida for good to the UK(London), and now, I look back to those 7 years, and even though I did my professional career there, I feel, they were 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 better you are” and also in the US if you can only pursue a university degree when 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 live in debt for the rest of your live.



I think in the US, there is a strong culture to work but no 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 (media and government) changes people into working machines and blocks their minds from what is outside, most of the people I met 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, and also only a very little amount of Americans have a passport. please see attachments below.



Well, something else, I realize when I was travelling around 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 globalisation so everybody needs to speak English”



In the other hand I think that economic wise US is great country , 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 and moral in other countries as they have their own and we should respect that.

Answer 3

If you were in America now, you would know that there is no true American culture, We are made up of cultures from around the world. So Are we ignorant. Are You? As far as our president, I would have to assume that you are an american puppet just like Tony Blair, using that assumption.

Answer 4

No. The statement, "if he is your leader, then his followers must be the same" is a very big generalization. Many Americans do not agree with him and despise the fact that he represents our nation. Not everyone voted for him to be president.
You seem to think that all Americans think in the same mentality, but that is not true. I know some Americans can be uncultured, but everyone I personally know is not.

Answer 5

Dude, have you not seen CNN or any other major news lately?
Bush has the lowest public opinion of him now. It continues to slide as we speak. Most of us can't stand the jerk. Besides, Europeans have an advantage over us. Our nation is HUGE.
Most of us are the same color and speak the same language.
The countries of Europe are smaller and closer together and many of them have their own languages. In Europe, you don't have to go so far to experience a different culture. In the States, we'd have to go to Mexico for a different culture. Even most Canadians speak English.

Answer 6

Most schools teach very little about other parts of the world. (North) Americans go through life knowing very little about the world, other than the parts they live in. I'm from Canada, so this applies to us even more than the Americans. If I wanted to know more about the world, and I did, I usually studied it or found information on my own.

Answer 7

That would be incorrect. If you knew so much about other countries and the world you would know 60% of Americans today do not agree with the president or his actions.

Answer 8

The media here is very sensationlist and we don't get the truth. I watch the BBC news and it paints a whole different picture than American sensationlism.

Americans are somewhat uncultured and illiterate but that is because of our media, our government, and our educational system.

Answer 9

No way. If anything, I think we Americans are the most tolerant. Our enitire nation is made up of different peoples and cultures. And as for the president, don't judge us all based on him.

Answer 10

Sounds like public school in the UK is no better than in the USA! lol.