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What is your culture? America is a melting pot of many different cultures. One dominant culture, and many sub-cultures. When the dominant culture is not curtail

by devoply 10y ago

What is your culture? America is a melting pot of many different cultures. One dominant culture, and many sub-cultures. When the dominant culture is not curtailed we see all sorts of problems, which academia has enumerated. So the dominant people in the dominant culture feel powerless. Because when they are not in this position, according to academia, bad things happen. Take that how you want to take it. Governments are okay with this because they want to dis-empower people, in order to control and manage them better, and this is but one way of doing that.

damptowel 10y ago
I'm not sure I understand when you mention academia as some monolithic structure. You mean certain dominant strands of sociology and political theory? I think that's a pretty broad generalization. Also something I notice again and again, and this was especially prevalent in the elections. That when the average US citizen talks about government he or she talks about it as some outside force imposed upon them. You have society and you have government intruding and controlling it. In other developed countries i get the impression the government is seen more as a some entity existing within society, something which can be influenced and entered into.
sharemywin 10y ago
I don't think there is a dominant culture in the US. The power of the American culture is it's ability to assimilate other cultures and integrate them in.
- hackuser 10y ago
  > I don't think there is a dominant culture in the US. I think that's a stretch. You will note that most of the country, from business to government to IT, is run by people of the same skin color, socio-economic class, and gender. Those people also fill higher education (sans the gender) the stepping stone to opportunity too. Look at photos of the US Senate, Fortune 500 CEOs, etc. That doesn't make them the same 'culture', however the word and its groupings are defined (it's always nebulous), but clearly there are cultures that are largely excluded.

by devoply 10y ago

damptowel 10y ago

I'm not sure I understand when you mention academia as some monolithic structure. You mean certain dominant strands of sociology and political theory? I think that's a pretty broad generalization. Also something I notice again and again, and this was especially prevalent in the elections. That when the average US citizen talks about government he or she talks about it as some outside force imposed upon them. You have society and you have government intruding and controlling it. In other developed countries i get the impression the government is seen more as a some entity existing within society, something which can be influenced and entered into.

sharemywin 10y ago

I don't think there is a dominant culture in the US. The power of the American culture is it's ability to assimilate other cultures and integrate them in.

hackuser 10y ago
> I don't think there is a dominant culture in the US. I think that's a stretch. You will note that most of the country, from business to government to IT, is run by people of the same skin color, socio-economic class, and gender. Those people also fill higher education (sans the gender) the stepping stone to opportunity too. Look at photos of the US Senate, Fortune 500 CEOs, etc. That doesn't make them the same 'culture', however the word and its groupings are defined (it's always nebulous), but clearly there are cultures that are largely excluded.