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| These interviews are thoroughly cherry picked. Everything Entertaining: Are Americans Stupid? Regardless, this is still a pretty shocking video.
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| Wowwwwwwwwwwwwww. I cannot believe my ears. They didn't ask anyone how many Rocky movies there have been. I bet Americans would score at least 50% on that one.
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| I've seen this before. There was also a bit where that same reporter walks around introducing himself to Americans as the Prime Minister of Australia...and of course, they show many people who believe him. So much for living in the Information Age, eh? Exactly WHAT are we informed about en masse? Which celebrity is sleeping with who? |
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| This is what we non-Americans have been trying to tell you for quite some time. Talking to Americans... YouTube - Rick Mercer - Talking To Americans YouTube - Ric Mercer Talking with Americans . . . In seriousness...don't worry about it. Most Canadians don't know that the Queen is our Head of State, or that the Gov. General is our Commander-in-Chief. Most Canadians would also be hard-pressed to correctly answer, "Which state is Washington D.C. in?" . . . It's a trick question. Washington D.C. lies in the District of Columbia, which technically isn't a state. |
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| I just can't believe people are as ignorant as in those videos. It's just beyond my imaginative capabilities. If Americans really are that ignorant, why the heck do they even have schools, do they just learn medicine, music and law then don't give a **** about anything else?
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| I have travelled the world and found that most nations have dullards. On average, lack of knowledge and education can be broken down in to social class (on average). Not the class you are borne with but the one that an American chooses to pursue. On average if someone in the US pursues a higher education and if they are successful the income opportunites enable them to travel, etc. If you tested this group of Americans you may be surprised at their world ranking in education and knowledge of the world. When I travel to Germany I hear about how Americans don't know much about the world. They then speak about Italy, France and potentially something in the headlines about Myanmar. In the conversations I'll often hear uneducated comments about Asia, Mexico, or the US. As I have travelled through Europe I also hear small minded comments about countries like Mexico or comments about how Japan makes cheap products... Really I've heard some very ignorant comments come from supposedly superior intellects in Europe. My point is that if you meet enough people in any country you can watch them call Americans dumb while you can clearly see that they have their own lack of education and knowledge of the world. If you measure the average, a socialist country could easily have higher averages however you may also find that this average is far below the subset of Americans who have been exposed to a higher education. If you made the comment, "Some Americans are so dumb" I would agree or "There are a lot of dumb people in America" I would agree. I would not however, look down on an American when meeting them because they may be extremely educated, well travelled and potentially more knowledgeable about the world than yourself. Generalisations are always dangerous. Last edited by Still Growing : 05-30-2008 at 02:21 PM. |
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| The honest truth is that I wouldn't be able to answer all of those questions, but at least I would know that. I sometimes think that in the modern world it's easy to be ignorant becuase there is so much information. We have access to the stories of the entire world. We will be knowledgeable about those we have the desire and time to focus on. For many people that is only what immediately affects them in daily life. There could be a class distinction. Poor and uneducated people have to worry about getting food on their plate before they can study the leaders of the world or get into a commentary on where the next invasion should take place. I think the people who criticize us around the world 1) are most likely the more educated and 2) that in many places in the world it is imperative to have a knowledge of world events because they directly affect you. Here we are quite insulated and have the luxury of stupidity. Not that that's a good thing.
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| Wow, that was pretty bad. All Americans aren't stupid, but there are stupid Americans.
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| Hey, I like rap music.
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| Technically, I think it's anyone who can claim citizenship to any nation on either the North or South American continents (including Central America). |
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| What's a continent? |
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| On average the masses are dumb everywhere. When you ask people with a camera and film long enough and show only the stupid answers you get everywhere funny answers. But still a video like that has entertainment value.
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| I agree Brutha ! |
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| I'm not quite sure how you're meaning this here...why would the "intelligent" Americans want it to be the 60s again? Vietnam? Hippy movement? |

