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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americentrism

Extends to anything really.

Hard to know better when you never left your country. (Majority of Americans don't hold a Passport)



Majority of Europeans haven’t left Europe.

It’s true anywhere.


> Majority of Europeans haven’t left Europe.

That’s not an apples-to-apples comparison. The US is a country, and Europe is a continent containing almost 50 separate countries. And before anyone says “US states are like countries”-the states of the US are no more “like countries” than the states of Germany are

Only 40% of Americans own a passport, compared to 76% of people in the UK - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42586638


I wonder what America would be like if it had 24 working languages like the EU. Lol.


Then its states probably would be a bit like countries.


India's states do have different languages, yet I've heard "our states are equivalent to Europe's countries" from Americans repeatedly, while I can't remember ever hearing the Indian equivalent (despite having many Indian colleagues and friends over the years)




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