In the article, Ryan demonstrates how people often are deluded by their society into believing that their way of life is the only normal way that people can live. We have been brainwashed by popular culture and the media to ignore the perspectives of others not only in our own country but also others around the world. We are quick to criticize and judge others for not being the same as us. He believes that these traits have developed and evolved over time, based on several factors including the culture in which we were raised. He also believes that society is more or less survival of the fittest, lending to the richest people in the world remainimg rich and living lavishly while others work their whole lives for modest wages. He says that often times, the fairy tale-like histories of the colonizaton and creation of countries is in stark contrast to the reality of the situation as it was, and that things are sugar coated so that the people don't have negative views of the founders and how they established themselves.
I tend to agree with Ryan, I believe people often are misguided and inaccurate in their beliefs about other cultures and are naive in a sense. They too easily accept what they are told through the media and what they are led to believe by popular culture. People won't truly know or be able to understand the complexity of the world as a whole until they realize that they may have been lied to at some point. We should all take it upon ourselves to research and develop our own unique beliefs and values, rather than simply accepting what is considered to be true and normal in our society. Just because there are differences in cultures doesn't mean that one's way is right compared to the other. We just have different ways of thinking and going about things.
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