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I would argue if you move to a new country without the intention of fitting in there, you’re moving in bad faith. Now, in NA, you can still “fit in” even while
by FredPret 3y ago
I would argue if you move to a new country without the intention of fitting in there, you’re moving in bad faith.
Now, in NA, you can still “fit in” even while doing something new & weird, as long as your intention is to build some enterprise, contribute to society, and not do any crime. This is not the same as the social strictures of other places.
- diggan 3y ago> Now, in NA, you can still “fit in” even while doing something new & weird And what that I understand you're also implying that you cannot do this in Europe? I cannot say it's possible all over Europe, as I haven't been everywhere, but to the places I have been, I'm confident you'd be able to fit in while at the same time doing something new and weird.
- FredPret 3y agoMy point is I wouldn't even fit no matter how conventional I might be. I'm not from there, so I don't fit into the local identity. In Canada and the States, they care more about what you do and how you behave than where you're from. EDIT: I want to stress that I don’t think Europeans are racist or xenophobes. They just have old idenities that are tied in with ethnicity, whereas in NA most people have an immigrant grandparent.