This is a question more directed towards our comrades here outside the US. There’s something I’ve always noticed about American liberals (though plenty of conservatives and others are not immune). They seem to have this extreme confidence in their opinions about broader global affairs and what is happening in the world, despite them being incorrect or having only a superficial understanding of the situation. Obvious examples would be how they are sure Ukraine is winning and Putin is just an irrational comic book villain, how Kim Jong Un insists everyone gets the same haircut as him (or no one), believing anything Zenz says about Xinjiang, or really any story at all that involves the global south.

Is this just phenomenon of US American liberals? Or is it rampant across the global north? My interactions with fellow Americans in general on anything geopolitical makes feel like they have this truly unearned sense that they really know what’s going on, when all they do is listening to and ardently defend State Dept propaganda. But I have never really interacted with liberals outside the US so idk.

  • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    It's prominent with Westerners in general and made even worse by those with an imperialist past. But other countries can be just as guilty. Smaller ones like mine just America worship and default to whatever American liberals say. Or at least the older generations do. Gen Z liberals Canada/EU worship more and default to whatever liberals there say, which is usually parrot the US position lol