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Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English words

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231 points rntn | 4 comments | 02 Apr 23 17:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.015s | source
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hunglee2 ◴[02 Apr 23 17:47 UTC] 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 ◴[02 Apr 23 17:59 UTC] 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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hanniabu ◴[02 Apr 23 18:03 UTC] No.35413333[source]▶
Maybe racism isn't just a US thing
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hanniabu ◴[02 Apr 23 19:51 UTC] No.35414408[source]▶
I'm amazed this is being downvoted. Do people really think that racism only exists in America?
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1. pb7 ◴[02 Apr 23 20:18 UTC] No.35414724[source]▶
Yes, many Europeans think that because they don’t talk about it and refuse to collect statistics to show it that racism doesn’t exist within their borders. Europe is just as, if not more, racist than the US. Just ask them what they think of the Roma people.
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2. gbrindisi ◴[02 Apr 23 21:12 UTC] No.35415263[source]▶
Racism is everywhere, what I think eludes americans is that in Europe identities are way more tied to nationality rather than ethnicity.
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3. pb7 ◴[02 Apr 23 21:51 UTC] No.35415644[source]▶
It doesn’t elude us. Anyone that looks outside of the country knows that but hate is hate. You don’t choose the color of your skin any more than you choose where you are born.
4. pkaye ◴[03 Apr 23 06:12 UTC] No.35419164[source]▶
Interestingly US has a large Romani diaspora (1M) but I think they have integrated into the US culture over time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_Americans