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I agree. The differences they mostly ignore.

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It's not always their fault. You open a power vacuum and someone else takes advantage of the weak to fill it.
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Ignore? That’s not my experience. There are a lot of cultural gaps that it’s easy to stumble over. If they can tell you’re a foreigner, though, they’re usually nicer about mess-ups. Unless they try to kill you.