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actually, otto, that's probably not true. if you read any french newspapers--at all--you'll see that the degree of coverage given the us far far exceeds the coverage given international politics--and everyday life---anywhere in the american press. across the spectrum, the french press is also far more political. from the years i've spent in france, i concluded that while there is a celebrity cult, it's not the same as the american.
and across the board, folk that i would just run into and talk with about stuff knew way more about the us that the parallel set of folk i'd run into and talk about stuff with here know about, well, most anyplace beyond the us.
the us is just simply parochial---obviously not everyone, everywhere---but in the main, in my experience, it's just like that. i think this is a basic education problem. i would hope that changes.
it kinda has to, or the americans will find themselves irrelevant.
nationalism is a thing of the past. catch up now or catch up later.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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