You might not like what I'm about to say but I'm going to say it none the less because our people need to hear, heed and make it part of their global understanding.

Stop assuming that other cultures have the same capabilities to know what is real and valuable, and what isn't. Such an assumption can lead to your demise. In fact there is a fantastic lesson from Carlo M. Cipolla specifically relating to our assumptions.

(#4 is the big one here.)

1: Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.

2: The probability that a person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person. Education, wealth or status have nothing to do with it.

3: A stupid person is someone who causes losses to other people while himself deriving no gain.

4: Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid people and keep forgetting that to deal with stupid people always turns out to be a costly mistake.

5: A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person, even more dangerous than a bandit.

You can find some videos on this topic that provide exploration of his ideas. My opinion is that his work is incredibly under appreciated.