Why shouldn't we be paying attention to foreign politics? True, I pay more attention to Asian politics than anything else other than US news, but that's because almost all the Europeans I've had the displeasure of having a conversation with turned out to be complete and utter fucking racist douchebags.

Who am I going to care about more? The countries whose people treat me with an at least decent amount of respect, or the countries whose people constantly refer to me as a "fucking American", harass me just for being American, and even kick me out of online games for something as petty as my nationality? I'll take my chances with the azns, kthxbai.