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Is Switzerland really a monoculture when different parts of the country speak different languages?
by laurencerowe 1y ago
Is Switzerland really a monoculture when different parts of the country speak different languages?
- margalabargala 1y agoYes. Those parts all still consider themselves more Swiss than French/German/Italian.
- laurencerowe 1y agoI wonder to what extent that identity is more complex than just being Swiss though? The Geneva metro area sprawls across the border with large numbers of workers commuting in from France. French and Flemish speaking Belgians would no doubt consider themselves more Belgian than French or Dutch but there are still substantial cultural differences within Belgium.
- rurban 1y agoJust look at Swiss TV dramas. They are a unwatchable, even worse than those of their neighbors. So why is their TV so bad, when they do have much better authors than their neighbors? The movie films are a bit better, but only a bit. I blame the TV producers, which sank into the social causes pudding. There cannot be any good art if everything is checked and balanced. Death by committee. In Germany they had similar problems but got out of this mess.