We are not our governments

Governments worldwide use the media to manipulate common people into believing that an entire country should be judged by the actions of its leaders. The United States get a free pass though.

Years ago when a Swedish friend of mine who was visiting Bombay was asked by another friend as to whether he had been to Russia, he said that he did not like the country. He spoke of Russia’s lack of democracy, human rights violations and clampdowns on independent media, adding that the country was behaving aggressively with its smaller neighbours. When…