# Why do Americans fear internationalism?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-americans-fear-internationalism/352732>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 15, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-americans-fear-internationalism/352732 "2006-04-15T01:06:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-americans-fear-internationalism/352732/81 "2006-04-17T15:21:28Z")

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> [@Der Trihs](#):
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> No, that would just mean a large majority of humanity is evil, which I don’t believe.

This from the guy who said he’d probably despise any country he lived in?

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-americans-fear-internationalism/352732/82 "2006-04-17T21:04:25Z")

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> [@JRDelirious](#):
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> This from the guy who said he’d probably despise any country he lived in?

It’s easier to harm than help; it doesn’t take a majority of the population to cause a lot of harm, in and out of a country.

Besides which, apathy and amorality appear to me to be much more common than outright evil.

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