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How do Vietnamese people have such favorable views of the USA after what they did to them? (lemmygrad.ml)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/6484299

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2015/06/23/1-americas-global-image/

America’s image is mostly positive among the Asian nations polled. Particularly large majorities see the U.S. favorably in the Philippines (92%), South Korea (84%) and Vietnam (77%).

It's from 2015 but more recent polls have found similar data IIRC

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/comparing-global-views-of-the-united-states-and-china-during-the-trump-and-biden-administrations/

79% of people polled in Vietnam chose the US in the "Preferred alignment choice in U.S.-China rivalry" which is a different metric obviously but still points towards the same idea

Edit: According to Luna Oi, Pew Research Center is a neoliberal think tank that cannot be trusted on anything about Vietnam

https://youtu.be/hPCoDz_CPCc

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago

The USA is basically the wealthiest country on the planet with a high standard of living for many, and the public image of the USA that gets projected is really of the middle class or wealthy elites. That’s a lifestyle to be envious of and even if it’s not really reality for even most Americans that’s still basically the benchmark lifestyle that many people aspire to all over the world.