That might be the most ridiculous statement I've read on HN. To the point that I can't even figure out what you're suggesting. Are you saying Americans aren't aware Hungary is a modern civilization? I'd say that was pretty off base.
I'd find it hard to argue.
Americans knowledge of geography could certainly be improved. I don't think it means anything negative about the people though.
Celebrating ignorance is one reason we have the current administration and Congress.
Ordinary citizens do not vote on issues affecting an individual country. I'm sorry, you're just going to have to accept the fact that not all Americans are well educated.
Putting nuclear weapons at the finger tips of someone is a big responsibility.
>Ordinary citizens do not vote on issues affecting an individual country.
They vote on representatives that tend to have a policies that might. See for example those running on platforms on building border walls, kicking out immigrants, banning people from other nations from entering them, pulling out of climate change agreements, etc.
>I'm sorry, you're just going to have to accept the fact that not all Americans are well educated.
I accept that's the fact now. I don't accept that that should be a fact for the country's future.
I also accept that we should do better in Geography. That'd be swell.
When you have tweets like this [0] from politicians it gives the impression that people do actually think like that.
[0] https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/705171336381923328
/sarcasm