The West still believes it is the center of the world, a study conducted in the West itself points out. In yet another episode of the series the world revolves around me, countries of the so called West remain firm in the conviction that they are the central axis of human civilization. The conclusion comes from a broad empirical observation carried out, curiously, by newspapers, universities, commentators and influencers, all of them located in the West.

        According to analysts, the perception of Western superiority is not exactly a scientific discovery, but an old cultural habit, reinforced daily by strategically centered world maps, international news broadcasts that begin and end in Washington, Paris or London, and Hollywood films in which the entire planet patiently waits to be saved by an American wearing a leather jacket.

        The report found that, for a large portion of the Western population, the East appears as an abstract and distant concept, often reduced to stereotypes. It is either exotic, backward or a threat. Rarely is it simply a place where billions of people live without any concern for the opinions of European columnists. It is far removed from Western reality to grasp that its pop idol is completely unknown in India.

       Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet, Eastern countries continue to function normally, producing technology, philosophy, economy and culture, in many cases more deeply developed, without showing much anxiety for Western approval. The phenomenon is explained by a simple principle. Everyone tends to think their own backyard is the center of the universe. The difference is that the West has turned this impression into doctrine, school curricula and foreign policy.

         When asked to comment, representatives of the East did not respond. Sources say they were too busy with local matters to take part in yet another debate about the importance of the West to the rest of the world.

        Experts warn that recognizing one’s own cultural bubble can cause side effects such as the relativization of certainties, identity crises and, in severe cases, the discovery that the world does not ask for permission to keep spinning. This becomes very strange when a North American arrives in the East and realizes that he is just another ill mannered person. The expectation is that the West will continue to see itself as essential, indispensable and central, at least until it remembers that this is only the view from the window where it lives.