Typical Americans

[B-Wing]

Not to mention we only have TWO countries that border us...Not exactly a stone's throw away.

I think its also fair to say that most people would find neither of those countries particularly appealing to visit. Certainly there are spots in Mexico that attract vacationers, but overall there's just not much incentive to go there or to Canada.

Still, I think its perfectly safe to say that Americans are, on average, not very knowledgable about the rest of the world nor much interested. We're content to enjoy our freedoms and ignore the rest of the world's problems. Now, I am from a small town in Alabama, so I suppose the sampling of the populace whom I base my observations on were hopelessly ignorant to begin with, but I feel like I could confidently claim that no one I know well (who hasn't played TW games) could guess which continent Armenia is on. Most probably don't know that South Africa refers to an actual country. And those who didn't have relatives in the Korean War probably don't know which Korea is evil (just kidding).

I'll admit something that I'm kind of afraid to say. Its likely due to our media's bias for negative news, but I never seem to hear positive things about other parts of the world and it seems to have impressed upon me that most other places are poor, corrupt, and chaotic. That's what I generally assume about countries I know little about. I realize that I'm most likely sadly mistaken, and hope that I am, but that's honestly the way I think and its obvious in others. I think that's even true of Americans' view of different American regions. Most media I'm exposed to portrays cities as scary, unfriendly, dangerous places, and not suprisingly do I not only have no desire to live in one, but I can't imagine why anybody would. Maybe most Americans aren't like me, but if they are, it would go a long way to explain our cultural introvertedness.


BTW, that was a great pic, Strike For The South. :)