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From: debray@sbcs.UUCP (Saumya Debray)
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Subject: Re: America-bashing
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Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 08:53:42 EDT
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Larry Kolodney:
> Are you saying that the average American has no knowledge or influence
> on American foreign policy?
> 
> And this is a democracy?

My impression -- in the four years I've been in this country -- is that
the "average" American has little knowledge of, and even less interest
in, what goes on abroad.  Surveys seem to bear this out: I remember
reading about one last year where most of the people interviewed didn't
know which side the USA was backing in El Salvador.  I'm amazed
that this should be the state of affairs here given the tremendous
amount of information people have free access to, and my conclusion
has been that most people just don't give a damn about what's
happening beyond their own backyards.

-- 
Saumya Debray
SUNY at Stony Brook

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