Many are, and it feels bothersome to forget how to speak your native language sometimes. But it's not just the language that erases the culture, it's the actual

Many are, and it feels bothersome to forget how to speak your native language sometimes. But it's not just the language that erases the culture, it's the actual cultural content and the overwhelming dominance of big players in the market. The entire country has ~5.5 million people, we lose in population to any number of random cities you might pick. As for the latter: Why do you think localist-populist parties are on the rise all across Europe? A lot of people very much worry about drowning in the tide of homogenizing globalism.