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> Actually on topic though, Asia is laughing at us.

Are you really that self centered that you think that people around the globe care.

>>thabla+(OP)
They don't have to care to laugh at us for dumbing down our kids.

>>thabla+(OP)
Was that a question? I live in Asia, America is a constant and dependable source of laughs. We care. Keep bringing the laughs please.

>>thabla+(OP)
They care very much. Most other countries follow the US pretty closely.

I have a weird thing going on in my personal life where every so often a Chinese friend will suddenly ask me about something in American domestic politics that I've never heard of. And every so often I'll ask about something in Chinese domestic politics that they've never heard of.

>>Lhiw+Q
This.

People in other places do not care that much (setting aside the worrying possibility that this kind of thinking may be later imported to their own countries), but given the prominence of English in worldwide communication and the massive role of American media, they will read the news and either laugh or frown.

American internal problems are much more visible to the outside world than, say, Italian ones.

>>thabla+(OP)
I think the more important question is whether we should care what China thinks. Is China really what we want to aspire to?

>>thabla+(OP)
>Are you really that self centered that you think that people around the globe care.

In EU we copy most stupid things US is doing but none of the good things US is doing. So I do care.

>>Lhiw+Q
>They don't have to care to laugh at us for dumbing down our kids.

Why laugh? I guess they will be glad they will winning the competition. If anything, they will encourage the US to continue on the same path, they'll might even praise it.

>>jjeaff+a4
Maybe you should care if China is on a better path towards the future than your country?

>>thabla+(OP)
Stupid people learn from their own mistakes, smart people learn from other people's mistakes.