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They're surrounded by 300 million+ English speakers and desperately trying to keep their language and culture alive. I'm not saying I agree with this particula

by mthoms 5y ago

They're surrounded by 300 million+ English speakers and desperately trying to keep their language and culture alive. I'm not saying I agree with this particular initiative, but this is about survival of their very culture, not narcism. What an awfully uncharitable thing to say. It's funny, if the Inuit government had a similar initiative in Nunavut to support their culture, literally no-one would have a problem with it. Make of that what you will.

jdbakdb 5y ago
This is not true. I would have a huge problem with the Inuit enacted a similar initiative. I find these actions to be incredibly narcissistic, sad, and take them to be fundamentally misunderstanding how culture works. I also find it hilarious. If you want to keep your culture alive, create laws that allow you to prosper economically or militarily. This will cause your culture to spread, slowing but not preventing the inevitable disappearance that some day comes to any society.
- mthoms 5y ago
  There you have it folks. How to solve the global problem of cultural assimilation rolled up into a single paragraph. Just have more guns and/or money then your competitor (literally impossible in this case). This is a complex problem that has plagued cultures for thousands of years. If you're so confident to think you know the answer, I'd suggest it's you who is the narcissist. >This is not true. I would have a huge problem with the Inuit enacted a similar initiative. Okay, I'll correct myself. No-one I know (across three different provinces), would have a "huge" problem with a marginalized culture on the verge of extinction supporting their own culture, using their own money. But then again, people sure seem addicted to being outraged for little to no reason.
  - dang 5y ago
    "Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead." a.k.a. please don't feed the trolls https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

by mthoms 5y ago

jdbakdb 5y ago

This is not true. I would have a huge problem with the Inuit enacted a similar initiative. I find these actions to be incredibly narcissistic, sad, and take them to be fundamentally misunderstanding how culture works. I also find it hilarious. If you want to keep your culture alive, create laws that allow you to prosper economically or militarily. This will cause your culture to spread, slowing but not preventing the inevitable disappearance that some day comes to any society.

mthoms 5y ago
There you have it folks. How to solve the global problem of cultural assimilation rolled up into a single paragraph. Just have more guns and/or money then your competitor (literally impossible in this case). This is a complex problem that has plagued cultures for thousands of years. If you're so confident to think you know the answer, I'd suggest it's you who is the narcissist. >This is not true. I would have a huge problem with the Inuit enacted a similar initiative. Okay, I'll correct myself. No-one I know (across three different provinces), would have a "huge" problem with a marginalized culture on the verge of extinction supporting their own culture, using their own money. But then again, people sure seem addicted to being outraged for little to no reason.
- dang 5y ago
  "Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead." a.k.a. please don't feed the trolls https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html