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Spot on. Culture is a taboo topic for Americans, although they're as influenced by it as it anyone else. The only kind of "culture" they can acknowledge (genera
by hzay 3y ago
Spot on. Culture is a taboo topic for Americans, although they're as influenced by it as it anyone else. The only kind of "culture" they can acknowledge (generalizing here but once I saw this, I couldn't unsee it) is one that is created with purpose, for a short term, like in software companies. Not the organic, multi-generation, undirected type.
- kevviiinn 3y agoThe individualism is part of the culture, and you're right it definitely influences outcomes
- yamtaddle 3y agoIt's not taboo on the right. You can find right-wingers who'll talk your ear off about how culture is what's "wrong" with, say, black America, all day long. Shit, if there are any first or second generation black African immigrants nearby while you're talking, they might chime in to strongly agree—I've seen that enough times that I'd say there's some substantial body of that demographic that's sympathetic to that point of view. Now, maybe you can dismiss this as a thin veneer over outright racism, but it's also not the only culture-related thing they're happy to talk about. They're huge on culture—at least, they're huge on talking about it. (for the record, my own politics are farther left than most elected Democrats, on practically every issue—I'm not striking a blow for "my tribe" here)