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From what I know and have seen, I don’t think there is any single such “Europe” that you can broadly portray in such a fashion. For example, there’s Eastern and
by ComputerGuru 3y ago
From what I know and have seen, I don’t think there is any single such “Europe” that you can broadly portray in such a fashion. For example, there’s Eastern and Western Europe, there are Germanic countries and Mediterranean countries, there are so many other splits that I find it hard to believe your portrayal could really and truly genuinely encompass them all.
- Pannoniae 3y agoYes, Europe is very diverse. (in the original sense of the meaning) However, this is almost a shared European value which OP describes, except maybe in parts of the UK. The whole hyper-individualistic identity-based thinking (luckily, I'd say) didn't really get a hold in Europe, the whole "you can search for a recipe for meth, this is horrible and should be censored" line of thought is just outside the Overton window of most Europeans. So yes, while you can't really generalise Europeans in the same way, this is almost a perfect counterexample to that.
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- Aspie96 3y agoI don't think it's hyper-individualistic. In fact, it's the opposite of that. It groups people by random characteristics and then it describes "identity" as the collection of these characteristics, rather than something unique to each of us. It's anti-individualistic, if anything.
- Aspie96 3y agoIndeed there is not, but there is such single thing as "United States" (even though thee are multiple states) and certain forms of "activism" are specific to the US, or at most the anglosphere. What Europe has is that it's Western, but it's not the US.