Recently read "The Three-Body Problem" by Cixin Liu, a Chinese Sci Fi writer. Made me wonder how much else I've been missing.https://twitter.com/MadelineMcDavid/status/837045978570031104 …
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I'm not sure I have enough distance to know- I see it in many Americans, though. I believe it's most of us.
And thanks so much for recommending an Asian book. There is so much systemic exclusion/marginalization of non-Western languages.For instance, watching a twitch streamer from Singapore, the American teenager asks "What do you think of Donald Trump?"
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Can't really conceive of the idea that a young man from Singapore doesn't pay close attention to American politics.
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Can you imagine a dude from Singapore asking an American about Singapore's PM? They know we don't know who that is, even.
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There's so much privilege in that question, in the expectation of an opinion, that he cares, bc Trump impacts life in Singapore too.
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Yes, and impoverishment as well. American doesn't even know the questions to ask to elicit something outside his experience
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I have 0 opinion on the Prime Minister of Singapore. I don't know his name, his policies, etc. It's the privilege of casual ignorance
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