Comment on Happy American import day

halfapage@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• bradhd@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I suddenly have an idea for a themed version of Risk…

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• Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s probably a little overly simplistic to think of it as being “established” like that. Instead, multiple different elements of the holiday, which might originate in different places at different times and radiate out in different ways.

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  • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Then by your own logic, why are you blaming this entirely on the US?

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    • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’m not. I’m blaming capitalism and cultural imperialism, for the forced import of a piece of American culture.

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      • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Who’s ‘forcing’ it? It’s spreading because people have fun with it.

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• glimse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think the internet broke that possibility. Things and ideas don’t spread “naturally” anymore.

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