Amrush on Nostr: My impression is that an average Joe Westerner is completely blind to the situation ...

My impression is that an average Joe Westerner is completely blind to the situation anywhere outside their own area. In concentric circles, the further they are from "home" the less they know about things. This probably applies to many many cultures around the world.

Here is the difference: it's how they feel the gap. MSM is one source, and a hell lot of kool-aid, that's one way. Some call themselves things like rebels and anti-establishmentarians, yet their stubbornness to change the establishment's views is only matched by size of their blind spots.

Most hide behind the guise of "neutrality", "logic", and "science", but they don't see their biases and parrot whatever they hear.

The more I get to know them, the less I understand them. It's wierd. I can't say this about other cultures. And it runs against common sense behind reaching out to people.

People I met from other cultures admit their biases, admit the incompleteness of logic, and submit to the lack of understanding. And by-default they carry an (un)healthy amount of skepticism to whatever media say.

#ranting #FuckIsrael