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12-15-2006 11:37 PM |
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Originally Posted by Botnst
(Post 1358078)
I doubt you can prove that.
There are 300 M citizens in the USA and about 6 Bn people worldwide.
Of the 5.7 Bn non-Americans, almost 3.5 Bn are Chinese, Pakistani, Indian, or African peasants. Most of them don't know what its beyond a day's walk from their farm. That leaves Europeans, Russians, and South Americans, the Stans countries, Oceania, and South America. Probably half of that total population is industrialized and has available a modern educational system.
I have a feeling you have the typical Euro-centric view of the world. It's bigger than that. Most of the population of the Earth is desperately poor, stone-ignorant, and live extraordinarily superstitious lives, by Euro-centric standards.
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I finally found this one, it slipped into the underwoods.
I don't really see reason to prove, it's very relative and not really relevant, it's not a rule it's based on occasional occurance. It wasn't a measure of quantity by all means.
I am painfully aware of, yes, it's bigger than that
'Euro-centric', I don't know as far as I know myself, it's the centric part that's disturbing to me, the Euro part I cannot deny to a certain extent, for average Europeans I am too far out to "The West" and uprooted.
If I have to carry a label at this point, I'd call it "Euro-American", simply because I know de facto, for the average European, I am way too American.
Evolution continues ... :book: How do I get rid of that ...
PS. Anything 'typical' gives me the shivers.
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