2nd video I’ve seen on here today about European girls asking questions on USA culture. Along with the question what do you think?
Feels a bit like a bait. Could be wrong.
The U.S.A has “a” culture the same way Europe has “a” culture or Southeast Asia has “a” culture.
Counterpoint: We made “truck nuts” our whole identity for a while.
Confession: I didn’t watch the video. (willing to do so if there’s a great point, lurking)
The U.S.A has “a” culture the same way Europe has “a” culture or Southeast Asia has “a” culture.
That’s… a really BAD conflation right there, going all the way back to complete ignorance upon the founding of the USA (which is not flattering), but to compare it to Europe and S.E. Asia… WTF??
Yes, the US does not have its own culture.
It has 50 cultures. The different states are wildly different, though there are regional similarities.
They do. Unfortunately it’s the mouthy monolith that are the most seen and heard and therefore associated with American Culture. They overshadow so much good stuff.
Blues
American culture is consumerism. Anything else has survived importation.
I guess I consider culture something that people live not consume. Jazz is just another consumer product. I’m thinking things like traditions everyone participates in together. Listening to Miles Davis on your Spotify playlist alone in your car doesn’t count as culture to me, but going to weekly trivia would.
