Good morning, America. Yesterday you revealed something new to me: that so many of your citizens have no idea that peanut butter is a strictly US/Canada phenomenon. Yes, it's your Vegemite. Did you actually think it's enjoyed the world over, from Afghanistan to Belarus to Chile?
But, of course, such delusions are common the world over. We, for example, grew up thinking everyone all over the globe ate buckwheat porridge as a staple food...
In fact, there is a very famous Soviet children's novel in which one of the main characters goes to the Moon, encounters an evil, America-like capitalistic society and proceeds to make a lot of money (and lose it all) producing salt which makes the locals' buckwheat taste better.
Oh, wait, I have screen grabs from a cartoon based on it. They are glorious!!!
Behold, an evil Moon capitalist and the oppressed local proletariat being agitated by a visiting Earth/Soviet propagandist.
Behold, an evil Moon capitalist and the oppressed local proletariat being agitated by a visiting Earth/Soviet propagandist.
And here is the Soviet propagandist enjoying buckwheat with the Moon's denigrated and discriminated minorities.
Hey, Russia invented the White Savior trope in movies!
Hey, Russia invented the White Savior trope in movies!
