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It perhaps doesn't influence European culture at a larger scale (yet) but what I really appreciate about Netflix is that the shows and movies they offer are alm
by BjoernKW 6y ago
It perhaps doesn't influence European culture at a larger scale (yet) but what I really appreciate about Netflix is that the shows and movies they offer are almost always available in the original language version alongside with dubs and subtitles / CC.
In Germany, where I live, you otherwise almost exclusively get German-only versions of movies (due to a mixture of licensing shenanigans and there not being a sufficiently high demand for original language versions in the German market).
In my opinion, the biggest obstacle standing in the way of closer integration between European countries today is language or rather the lack of a common language.
For that matter, Brexit could be a blessing in disguise because it might allow EU countries to embrace English as a common language - in addition to their native ones - without any of the more dominant EU members having the "advantage" of that language as its native, official one anyway.
This idea probably is a pipe dream, though. Realistically, I don't really see France, Germany, or Italy, for example, adopt English as an additional official language any time soon.
- nicbou 6y agoYou don't promote a culture by assimilating it to your own.