Comment on Happy American import day
Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 weeks agoIt’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.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Then by your own logic, why are you blaming this entirely on the US?
Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I’m not. I’m blaming capitalism and cultural imperialism, for the forced import of a piece of American culture.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Who’s ‘forcing’ it? It’s spreading because people have fun with it.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Shops and media which profit from increased sales and viewership. Same as the recent “black Friday sales” nonsense despite the fact that we don’t have Thanksgiving.
Incidentally, I wouldn’t mind Thanksgiving. It’d need adapting to the Australian context, but it feels a hell of a lot less commercial than Hallowe’en…which is probably why there hasn’t been any attempt to bring it here.