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Smartphones + US culture is limited to the US.

• ceejayoz 1y ago
  That's a deeply silly assertion. Culture is one of our major and most successful exports. Afghan tribesmen have seen The Simpsons. Osama Bin Laden played Half-Life and showed his kids Pixar films. https://www.history.com/articles/bin-laden-compound-abbottabad-belongings https://www.history.com/articles/bin-laden-compound-abbottab...
  • willis936 1y ago
    And the US isn't under Sharia Law. Saying that The Simpsons in syndication is the reason why two cultures behaves the same is the sillier of the two statements.
    • ceejayoz 1y ago
      > And the US isn't under Sharia Law. We have our moments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_county https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_county > Saying that The Simpsons in syndication is the reason why two cultures behaves the same is the sillier of the two statements. American culture is influential. Americans and Afghans aren't the same, but they've absolutely picked up on bits of it. And Afghanistan is an extreme example; you'll find even more American cultural influx in, say, England.