Both things can be true, but it’s funny that two opposite sounding replies came to this one comment about US politics.

  • peregrin5@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    America is too large to make generalizations about it. Politics, culture, and beliefs are all very highly localized and even worse, it’s land that votes, not people. People who come from countries the size of a single US state will never fully understand.

    • Altrex@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      This is something I think gets lost in discussions a lot. The USA is massive and fragmented, the fragmentation being intentional with state individuality.

      I remember a German family that thought they could easily do LA, Vegas, and the Grand Canyon in a couple of days.

      • Ech@lemm.ee
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        3 days ago

        The US has more similarities to the EU diversity-wise than almost any other individual nation.

        • AppleTea@lemmy.zip
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          3 days ago

          We all speak the same language, I don’t think that comparison holds up.

          • subtleorbit@lemmy.world
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            3 days ago

            I love that you made one, single, tiny point to the contrary and decided that was enough

            • AppleTea@lemmy.zip
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              2 days ago

              Because there was only one point made? The US is pretty damn homogeneous compared to the EU.

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                2 days ago

                You’re the first person to bring up language? As if that’s the only thing that can differ between places lmao.

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                  2 days ago

                  Having different languages is kinda a big deal. It means different stories growing up, different cultural practices, different emphasis across different interpretations of history. Americans may have a lot of geography between each other, but the cultural difference isn’t all that wide.