BTW, I plead guilty to the charge of living in a self-centered nation. Much of what goes on outside the US has no effect that the average American can feel, and is not reported in our news (the average person's source of info). We're also about the only major power that's a couple thousand miles from any other, so international events reach us only with great muffling. (That's why Europeans are so damn savvy, all those jostling countries!) And the near-constant warring in much of Europe from 1870-1945 only encouraged our isolation--the majority of Americans wanted no part of it, and still don't..
Our isolationism is also a testimony to how stable the US is. Most citizens feel safe enough to ignore everything, even domestic politics, that doesn't bump them in the nose. Foolish, but understandable
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