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Dumbing Down of America
I am kind of in a rush right now, so I'll have to be very brief. Just thought I'd share this very interesting article with you by Doug Soderstrom of on "The Dumbing Down Of The American Mind".
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This is hard stuff, dude. I just read the entire article and I generally agree with it. I mean the formulations are quite strong and the author does not try making things seeming harmless. In my opinion the Americans are not the only nation having such problems. To some degree we also have them in Europe and I think the countries without the ignorance, pointed out in the article, are in fact very few.
I mean having some very bad chapters in recent history as we do in Germany helps a bit. But in the end it won't last forever. So what's the solution? We need more global exchange programs for students. From my experience this is an excellent way to overcome prejudices and increase the knowledge about other countries. And if, after talking to a person from a country, you still do not understand his way of viewing the things, you will at least realize that you have been seeing the things a little bit easy so far...
Because the world is neither black nor white.