"they should just sit down and agree not to fight"

Seems like a good idea to me :P

In seriousness though, while it's frustrating when people are ignorant of world affairs or anything going on outside their little bubble of existence, you can either despair or take it as a chance to educate them. Often it's not their fault directly, they've been let down by the education system, or the media, or they simply didn't have an upbringing where curiosity was encouraged and nurtured


Also, if it helps, Spreebok is British, not American. Still not the best excuse, but the embargo is not routinely taught in schools here before the subjects split off, so the only way younger people tend to know about it is if there's a documentary or a segment on an international news program