Comment on YSK that americans and europeans don't have the same psychology.
MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days agoI 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.