Comments by "Caesar Renasci" (@CaesarRenasci) on "Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)" channel.

  1. It is true that the American culture is parochial to some extent. That is not without reason. As a people, we have been protected by the oceans for a very long time; and, as individuals, we had left Old Word, each for a good reason, and didn't want to know more about it. If you knew more about your own country, you would lament some aspects of its culture but have considerably more sympathy for it. Almost every sentence in your post reveals disrespect and even hate for your own country, and both without any foundation in reason or fact. Dostoevsky called it arrogance of ignorance. You clearly have a good heart. You want to and are doing good in the world. The problem is, my friend, that you've been had. I am sorry to say. Ever since you were born all you heard from your teachers, and possibly parents, how bad America was. The Indians, the Blacks, the spooky "rich" --- injustice everywhere. It has now become fashionable in America to hate America without even knowing what she is. Nature abhors vacuum, and so does your heart. If your own country is so bad, it is only logical to look to other countries "to teach us stupid Americans something." NO COUNTRY can teach us much, my friend. Not Germany, not Britain, not Poland, not Israel, not Italy. Why? Because we ARE German, British, Polish, Jewish, Italian, Chinese, Indian, African, Norwegian, Swedish... You've been lied to, my friend, subjected to anti-American propaganda to such an extent that you didn't even stand a chance to get close to the trurh, despite your good heart and inquisitive mind. Stop looking at other countries until you learn about your own. When learning, ignore Wikipedia --- a platform from high-schoolers, by high-schoolers, for high-schoolers. Read books, preferably those published before 1950 (that's the approximaye time when they started to lie to us without shame). In the meantime, suspend judgement and try to love your country. You will not have any other.
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