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Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English words

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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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unmole ◴[02 Apr 23 18:07 UTC] No.35413371[source]▶
There was a protest march in Mumbai against gun violence in the US. That was the only time I ever wanted to punch someone for expressing a political opinion in person.
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1. orbital-decay ◴[02 Apr 23 21:20 UTC] No.35415352[source]▶
I don't understand this sentiment. People in various countries often protest against or in support for politics in other countries they have no relationship to. Practically anything of note that happens in the world causes public campaigns somewhere else, this is neither new nor exclusive to US politics.