Wealthy Austrians Are Demanding Their Taxes Be Raised

[BrotherIvan]

9. I believe it is because few Americans travel

I know it sounds over-simplified, but because many people don't leave their home state or get any further than Disney World, it is quite easy to lie to them about the rest of the world. It's easy to say Canadian healthcare is bad because they've never been there. They have not experienced clean, safe cities or a well-educated populace. They have not vacationed during the months Europeans travel because many Americans don't take or don't have vacation time. They can't afford to travel. They have not lived in a place that does not have guns.

Nor have they seen the flip side: what a true third world country looks like. That yes, even poorer Americans do not live in the appalling conditions that some do. What a society is like when they don't invest in the people. Those children that are making their gadgets and clothes, they have never looked a single one in the eye.

Americans are known the world over for being isolated monoglots with very little knowledge of other cultures. And this allows those who would take advantage of that ignorance do so with impunity.