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Why many Americans are unaware of the massive event in Gaza BEFORE October 7th
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this post was submitted on 11 May 2025
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I don't disagree, but for what it's worth, I don't think most Europeans could either. As a comparison, I can certainly tell you that most Europeans can't identify US states on a map outside of maybe one or two, and have no concept about the size of the US generally. That's why Americans constantly hear about how we should be "protesting in DC," as if people in Lisbon would ever protest in Helsinki. I don't think ignorance and provincialism is a localized phenomenon.
lol generic “Washington DC” is ~2,700 miles away, 4,345 kilometers, from me! And I live in the lower 48/continental US
I totally agree that most Europeans wouldn't know that especially the size. In Europa the education standards varies alot between countries too. Is that true for different states aswell? I might have been to quick to generalize.
My point was more along the lines that you should know the location of the countries you actively waged war in. I didn't realize it changed to Iran I meant Iraq.
Europe works fundamentally different so it's hard to compare this statement. If i lived in Portugal why should I protest the Finnish government, they have little to non power over me. I think a fairer comparison would be to "protest in Brüssel" which a few groups did do but certainly less. Or do you just chose that comparison based on the distance?
But I certainly agree that education could be better everywhere!
That's right, each state has its own educational standards. For example, Colorado's educational system is very, very different from West Virginia, like it's a different country.
I made the comparison of Lisbon to Helsinki solely because of the distances involved; it's roughly the same distance as Seattle to DC.
If it helps to imagine it, the US is basically an unhappy married couple forced to live in the same house.
I’ve never waged war in any country actually, despite being born in the US, believe it or not but we aren’t all personally in charge of what the US does as it’s citizens, we actually have very very little power because our reps aren’t legally required to vote or do as we say