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[-] blackbelt352@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

My point is that beyond capitalist oligarch pushing the illusion of culture on everyone globally, independent of national origin, most of the cultures within the US have some sort of trace back to European traditions. I'm not exoticising Europe as some "haaaah European traditions are so great and incredible and ancient and mystical" I'm saying that Eurpoean traditions, which have very long histories compared traditions born in the US, heavily influence many of the cultural touchpoints of citizens of the US, especially white citizens. There is no uniquely, independently cultivated non-eurpoean culture held by white people in the US. Ok there's one uniquely white american culture and we literally fought a civil war over it.

Being "culturally white" in America is pretty synonymous with people trying to make the Confederacy again. Meanwhile the rest of us are over here celebrating the traditions our grandparents or great grandparents brought with them to the US from Europe.

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