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> The more people from any single European country travel across Europe, the more they figure out that there are almost zero cultural differences between their
by wtbob 10y ago
> The more people from any single European country travel across Europe, the more they figure out that there are almost zero cultural differences between their countries.
Have you actually travelled in Europe? Germany is radically different from France; both are radically different from the UK, and let's not even start to talk about Eastern Europe.
- barrkel 10y agoGermany, France and the UK are very very similar compared to the US, North Africa, and the further reaches of the Union (e.g. Bulgaria). Asia might as well be on a different planet. The degree of deference to authority, the specifics of the rules of the road, the level of interference of governance - these things vary, but they're within a spectrum. Things go off the wall different outside Europe.
- wtbob 10y agoCompared to the U.S., things go off the wall in Europe, and — as you say — Asia is just another planet entirely.