I am trying to understand why thinking with completely different moral standards when considering the foreign policy of countries is so normal for US Americans and Europeans? On second thought, these different standards also apply to domestic policy, don’t they?

It’s not just normal you are generally considered crazy if you apply the same standards to Israel or US Americans as to everyone else. Have you ever replaced Israel or US America with North Korea, Russia or China just as a test in news articles? Or, conversely, replaced North Korea, Russia or China with Israel or the US?

The double standards and extreme bias is so obvious that I find it very irritating that most people don’t seem to realize it.

Imagine North Korea, Russia or China blowing up girls’ elementary school? How would the media report it?

Original q: https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageCapitalism/comments/1rhx681/why_is_thinking_with_double_standards_so_normal/

My answer is, who control the media is always right. Human right, justify works just if it serves interests of western world.

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    6 days ago

    I don’t think conversations are helped by generalizations. “Western” pulls lots of individuals and nations, with near zero power, into the blame.

    Likely blame is the extremely wealthy that own the media and politicians.

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      This 1000%. If the decision makers were public figures then people would be held accountable but the “Heritage Foundation” is making some decisions while AIPAC is making others and no one knows who to hold accountable. These foundations mask the psychotic minds pushing for these inhumane policies.