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

  • Ech@lemm.ee
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    4 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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      4 days ago

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

      • subtleorbit@lemmy.world
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        4 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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          4 days ago

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

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            4 days ago

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

            • AppleTea@lemmy.zip
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              4 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.

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                  4 days ago

                  If you say so.

                  How does it compare to the difference between Finland and Greece?

                  • subtleorbit@lemmy.world
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                    4 days ago

                    I’d actually say that Finland is closer to Greece than Orange County is to like Trimble, but I haven’t spent much time in Finland outside of Helsinki and Enontekio. But the point isn’t who has the most different, it’s “is EU to US a more apt comparison than any individual European country is to the US?”

                    Netherlands and Poland would have been a better example for you to bring up than Greece and Finland honestly.