What goes on in Europe doesn’t register with most Americans.
And before the internet, it was even worse. Living abroad is an eye opener.
1. I know. Never has much.
2. I know. We lived in the middle east (KSA) in the 1980's for five l-o-n-g years. But, we got what we wanted out of it: lots of money. Set us up very well. No federal income tax on the first $80,000.00 made over there for Americans working for Saudi ARAMCO.