Assumptions
So another surprise from the daily bump and grind of English language learners:
Even though they may come from a totalitarian society (North Korea, China), this doesn't mean that they have any idea how it works, or why it exists.
I am realizing that I always assumed that they'd have that extra, incisive view of how it really works, because they'd lived it.
Not so much.
This is assumption is just as damaging as assuming that they're pitiable for having lived through totalitarianism.
Even though they may come from a totalitarian society (North Korea, China), this doesn't mean that they have any idea how it works, or why it exists.
I am realizing that I always assumed that they'd have that extra, incisive view of how it really works, because they'd lived it.
Not so much.
This is assumption is just as damaging as assuming that they're pitiable for having lived through totalitarianism.