The assumption that the American legal, political, and cultural context is the “default.” They say “X is illegal” without specifying jurisdiction. They assume a “right wing” or “left wing” party must be like their Republicans or Democrats. And so forth.
Yes, this is also very noticeable in media. They can have some kind of aliens in a future sci-fi universe that somehow have a legal process and trial that exactly mirrors the American way of doing things. For Americans that’s just normal, not realising this is absolutely not the norm in the rest of the world. Same thing with malls, hospitals, roads and many more things.
It’s funny hearing Americans say they hate liberals, and me being able to agree except meaning the exact opposite. Liberal party is right wing for me lol
The assumption that the American legal, political, and cultural context is the “default.” They say “X is illegal” without specifying jurisdiction. They assume a “right wing” or “left wing” party must be like their Republicans or Democrats. And so forth.
Yes, this is also very noticeable in media. They can have some kind of aliens in a future sci-fi universe that somehow have a legal process and trial that exactly mirrors the American way of doing things. For Americans that’s just normal, not realising this is absolutely not the norm in the rest of the world. Same thing with malls, hospitals, roads and many more things.
It’s funny hearing Americans say they hate liberals, and me being able to agree except meaning the exact opposite. Liberal party is right wing for me lol