That and sweeping generalization with a baked in assumption that education is similar/comparable in all European countries
Comment on YSK that americans and europeans don't have the same psychology.
gbzm@piefed.social 2 days agoIt looks more like the blowback is less about one side being better or worse than the other, and more about this whole thesis sounding like the most obnoxious fourteen year old you’ve ever met larping as a sociologist with zero substantiation to their sweeping statements
danciestlobster@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
You could say the same about US states, and you’re the first person to bring up any real flaw in OP’s post, beyond “stop stirring shit” and “learn how to right”. “low-effort shitpost” would at least be ironic.
MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
I mean, in assigning the different outlooks to specifically Europe/America, sure, but they are far from entirely wrong, even there.
It’s more like America and its banana-republic/media-obsessed/victimized/allied/vassal lackeys versus saner parts of the world, or Rich vs Poor(which outlooks would be flipped in different areas), but beyond that and placing their post in YSK instead of somewhere more centered on conversation or argument, I still saw far more “defensive” comments than OP could bear any real blame for.
gbzm@piefed.social 2 days ago
They’re not entirely wrong, of course, but they’re really stretching this simple stereotype into some deep difference in psychologies and assigning it to this “concept of a marketplace of idea vs. rationality and enlightenment” oversimplification. Honestly to a European person who’s lived in America, they mainly sound like an American who’s angry with the state of the US and who’ve completely idealized Europe as a result. Which would be fine if they hadn’t worded what amounts to an overindulged shower thought in such a peremptory fashion.
nocteb@feddit.org 23 hours ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect