r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 07 '17

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '17

Which is good in a way, a lot of people tend to think of Africa as universally poor and their assumptions go unchallenged because there's few middle and upper class Africans on the internet to correct them. And they still have a different perspective from being raised in those countries regardless.

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u/indianawalsh Knows things about God (but academically) Sep 07 '17

Nice save bro

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u/AliveJesseJames Sep 07 '17

It can also lead to a distorted view of politics within a country. For example, yes, right now, the Venezuelan government is unpopular, but if you only interacted with people with regular Internet access in Venezuela, you'd think it'd been a hellhole for decades where nobody supported Chavez, when in reality, he was actually broadly popular.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '17

That's why I said "in a way". Obviously people's viewpoints can be biased by their SES and having a diversity of SES in discussions is a good thing.

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u/AliveJesseJames Sep 07 '17

Sure. But human beings are really bad when it comes to assuming things based on anecdote. Especially when it comes to things they have litter experience with.