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hunglee2 ◴[] No.35413150[source]
I think we (Americans and Europeans alike) wholly underestimate how Americanised European culture is becoming.

This is an observation rather than a criticism as I don't know whether this is 'good' or 'bad' but it is noticeable phenomena manifest through language, and probably an unintended consequence of the dependency of Europe on US communication technology, leading to the import of US communication styles, political priorities and cultural values.

France have always been conscious of this, no doubt as a result of their centuries old conflict with England, but it is interesting now to see Italian nationalists responding similarly. It's futile of course, as neither Italians, French nor any combination of European countries can or will make an internet independent of the US

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_vbnz ◴[] No.35413290[source]
Yeah, it was shocking here in Stockholm when there were BLM protests in 2020.

It's like people are more involved in US politics than their national politics.

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1. valar_m ◴[] No.35413676[source]
Do protests ever actually happen organically? I guess I always just assumed people organized protests on purpose. How else would everyone know where to show up?
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2. tgsovlerkhgsel ◴[] No.35414052[source]
I presume they mean organic as in "organized by a local person because they care about the political cause they're protesting about" vs. "organized by someone who is trying to stir shit on behalf of a foreign nation-state".