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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoAmericans couldn’t find Iraq and Afghanistan on maps during those wars despite the latter lasting 20 Years and Americans being involved in them. https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/file/Roper-Poll-2006-Highlights.pdf Why is it different today?
minus-squareWhatYouNeed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 hours agoThere was those great videos of a presenter asking people on the street to point out various countries on a world map that didn’t have the country names. Answers were… interesting, to say the least.
Americans couldn’t find Iraq and Afghanistan on maps during those wars despite the latter lasting 20 Years and Americans being involved in them.
https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/file/Roper-Poll-2006-Highlights.pdf
Why is it different today?
There was those great videos of a presenter asking people on the street to point out various countries on a world map that didn’t have the country names.
Answers were… interesting, to say the least.