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minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoI wonder if it’s because of what Americans did to the native population.
minus-squareGreenShimada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 hours agoIt’s because of movies and TV. How many TV shows or movies would have lasted 4 minuets and had no drama or action if someone had just picked up a cell phone? Same thing here.
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoI mean, the US is bad, but everywhere is just as bad. Groups of humans have been killing other groups of humans and taking their land for millennia.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoI think they mostly mixed into the native population after a while though. At least in Europe. Australia should probably have the same problem.
I wonder if it’s because of what Americans did to the native population.
It’s because of movies and TV.
How many TV shows or movies would have lasted 4 minuets and had no drama or action if someone had just picked up a cell phone? Same thing here.
I mean, the US is bad, but everywhere is just as bad. Groups of humans have been killing other groups of humans and taking their land for millennia.
I think they mostly mixed into the native population after a while though. At least in Europe. Australia should probably have the same problem.