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Pay08yesterday at 6:22 PM3 repliesview on HN

Language is the biggest thing that defines culture. Do you want the Netherlands to perform some sort of countrywide assimilation into British or American culture?


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Aaargh20318yesterday at 7:22 PM

Yes, I’m a huge proponent of global unification. It’s ridiculous that we have different cultures, languages and laws based on between which imaginary lines on a map you live.

Countries make no sense to me. Look at the current situation in Iran. Everyone on the planet is affected by the actions of a president we didn’t vote for. Earth should be a single country.

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embedding-shapeyesterday at 6:23 PM

> Language is the biggest thing that defines culture

Lots of countries would disagree with this. Do you not think Peru and Spain has distinct cultures for example? Why/why not?

mihaelmyesterday at 6:39 PM

Small countries are already doing this through the Internet since so much of the consumed content is in English.