I'm afraid I don't know what this means.
Not "real" is the best description I have. You could say having the same sort of attitude towards other nations you might have towards Oz, Middle Earth or the Empire from Star Wars even though you intellectually know that they really exist, but that only comes close to what I mean. I must stress that not all Americans have this attitude, but some seem to do, and thats enough to influence the discourse.
But this isn't evidence that Americans care less about foreigners than those from other countries do. It sounds like you're talking about a political blindness instead of an ethical blindness.
I was thinking more of e. g. first contact situations in SF stories and things like that, not necessarily normal international politics, but I think it extends to all fields: Domestic politics (the amount and the kind of consideration the fact that a policy seems to work well somewhere else gets), pop culture, sports, science, language learning, wherever one might consider other nations Americans have more leeway not to do so. This doesn't by necessity have to extend to ethical considerations, but when cousin_it observes that it appears to it seems inappropriate to me to "correct" that out.
I must stress that not all Americans have this attitude, but some seem to do, and thats enough to influence the discourse.
Exactly zero evidence has been presented that Americans have this ill-defined attitude at a higher rate that non-Americans.
wherever one might consider other nations Americans have more leeway not to do so.
No reason given to think this is the case on balance.
...This doesn't by necessity have to extend to ethical considerations, but when cousin_it observes that it appears to it seems inappropriate to me to "correct" that o
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