The average Bhutanese knows much more about the world than the average American...(for Americans)It is more comfortable to watch fake news about celebrities than to know what's happening in China or southern Sudan. But events happening in China or Sudan affect us so much more because they are real. Linda Leaming
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The average Bhutanese may know much more about the world than most Americans. But most Americans, says the CNN reporter, choose to be ignorant of what’s happening around them. Not only are they ignorant of current events; they are also ignorant of the past. They don’t know how to connect the dots between what is happening in their own country and what is happening in other parts of the world.

If true, then it’s no wonder that people are surprised when others speak out against injustice; they don’t recognize that these people are standing up for what is right. And it's not only Americans who are guilty of this neglect of world events. As one expert said, “It is more comfortable to watch fake news about celebrities than to know what's happening in China or southern Sudan.

But events happening in China or Sudan affect us so much more because they are real."

Source: Married To Bhutan

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