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"muhhh culture!!"

Where are your powdered wigs and pantaloons bro? Is that what you mean by "culture"?

And yes, Japan, like most other nations in the world that exist currently, were an outgrowth of century of a common ethnic culture and framework. (And even then it can be flaky -- are the Ainu "Japanese"?)

*Nowhere* in America is like that, unless you're living on a reservation. America is founded on the basis of ideas, not some shared ethnic heritage. That's a feature, not a bug.

DRE 6mo ago

No, obviously the people that founded this nation and later immigrants from Europe whose descendants have been here for many generations had and currently have a distinct culture. Just because a culture is younger than others it doesn’t diminish or negate the fact that there is one. To argue against that is absurd and retarded.

Equally absurd is to pretend America is just an idea. Its creation may have been inspired by ideas, but that’s not all there is to it. This was founded as a white Christian nation, and until recently that was predominantly the demographics.

The people that carry out an idea and vision matter a whole lot.

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Globe99 6mo ago 💬 2

The people who founded this nation had no conception of what "white" or "Christian" meant in the context in which those words are used in America today. They would have thought of themselves (perhaps) as puritans, protestants, or whatever, and if they had a thought of race it would be "English" rather than "white."

Whiteness is a construct of the 20th century, particularly 20th century America. 100 years ago the elites of American society wouldn't have thought of themselves as "white" but rather "Anglo Saxon protestant" to distinguish themselves from the Catholic "other."

It's absurd to use a 20th century concept to categorize people 200 years ago who would have had no meaningful self-identification as such.

DRE 6mo ago

No need to be obtuse, you know what I meant.

But let me make it even clearer. Europeans that believed in Jesus Christ. Is that better?

Globe99 6mo ago 💬 1

"European who believed in Jesus Christ" also did the Crusades and Inquisition, not exactly shining moments for personal freedom and limited government.

DRE 6mo ago

Perfectly aware of the Crusades and inquisitions. We live in a fallen world. I never claimed European Christians were perfect. If you would rather live in a civilization built by Africans, Native Americans, Indians, etc., go ahead, doesn’t affect me.