Europe's anti-Americanism

Lithuanian journalist Daiva Repeckaite criticises the anti-Americanism rife in Europe, which is often the result of insufficient knowledge: "We project our fears and anxieties onto the USA, although often we know nothing about American society. Sometimes a single pleasant - or unpleasant - experience is all it takes for our prejudices to be revealed as groundless. But sometimes even a shock is not enough, and the only solution is for us to be directly confronted with our own ignorance. Anti-Americanism is fashionable in Europe, as I have gathered from countless discussions, articles and films portraying America as a decadent society. ... But perhaps such ignorance is simply convenient, because it is so easy to portray the USA as a jungle of predatory capitalism."

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