It's some kind of crazy ethical blindness that most Homo sapiens seem to have for some reason, where "our guys" are human beings, but arbitrarily chosen foreigners deserve whatever they get
Fixed it for you.
And the reason is evolved psychological instincts with pretty obvious selection benefits.
I don't think that's an accurate correction. Because America is the current hegemonic power Americans can get away with feeling that other nations aren't "real" in the sense the USA are. For example when considering some hypothetical situation that would concern the whole planet an American might only consider how the USA would react, while anyone else in the same situation would in addition to the reaction of their own nation at the very leasts also have to consider how the USA reacts, and might even consider other nations since their situation is more obviously symmetrical to their own.
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