Most people confuse the actions of a head of state and that country itself.
“America is self centered and capitalist”, no that’s just Trump.
“Russia is bloodthirsty and imperialistic”, no that’s just Putin.
“China is totalitarian and hostile”, no that’s just Xi Jinping.
Obviously you can blame democratic countries for electing their heads of state, but it’s unfortunately too common that people generalize about entire countries.
I think the habit of attributing state actions to their capital makes more sense. eg “Washington denounces Moscow’s recent escalation”, etc.
Most people confuse the actions of a head of state and that country itself.
“America is self centered and capitalist”, no that’s just Trump.
“Russia is bloodthirsty and imperialistic”, no that’s just Putin.
“China is totalitarian and hostile”, no that’s just Xi Jinping.
Obviously you can blame democratic countries for electing their heads of state, but it’s unfortunately too common that people generalize about entire countries.
I think the habit of attributing state actions to their capital makes more sense. eg “Washington denounces Moscow’s recent escalation”, etc.