Message from @Nikitis
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The entirety of the United States cant speak on the behalf of certain specific ethnic groups
Native Americans for example have some land that companies are apparently interested in cuz it has oil
btw US is interesting in this sense, while it is more incohesive than many European countries in terms of culture, it *does* have a certain American culture to itself, which, contrary to the moanings of the European ethnofags, has its traditions etc.
But the land in question is where their burial sites are
The US is pretty interesting in that it has a lot of culture both brought by immigrants and culture developed within each states
As for general culture they all agree upon western values shared by other western countries
freedom of expression, equal rights etc
I personally am of the school of thought that culture is downstream from material and technical conditions, so this is why I ultimately don't think too much of the culture part in this section, because as long as there is material and technical progress, culture *will* adapt and form around it and create basis for a new civilisation.
Then again, the culture in the West has become so hollow due to capitalism and empty progressivism that transhumanism has become a thing, so I've been forced to adjust my views slightly.
as for the U.S, yes
culture there is very much all over the place and region-variant, but a coherent red thread, "federal culture" lets call it, does exist
The West has stil managed to hold on to its cultures unlike a certain eastern country
Which is china
Thats basically what a country would look like if we abanoned the importance of culture
eh, I'd say that Chinese culture is still alive. Its...disfigured, I think, a bit, and has a massive inferiority complex towards Japanese culture, but such a culture does exist.
Chinese culture in general is about having an inferiority complex
well yes
Thats why they put on a face of being wealthy even though theyre not
Very materialistic culture
this kind of becomes embodied in their relationship with Taiwan, this inferiority complex, where their whole national psyche becomes fixated around this one small island
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but it is also directed by the CPC to a large extent, mainly for political reasons; to draw people's eyes away from the ever-more troubled economy
Its also the same reason why theyre obsessed with being self sufficient and making it known that theyre a threat
They dont want to be bullied by foreigners
tbh the economic problems and contradictions are mounting inside China to such an extent that honestly I think they are a paper tiger
its not going to last
Im curious as to what would happen to China in the future
might be a completely false economic prediction, but I think its going down at some point
Their leader is trying to get rid of term limits
Either China gets its shit together and becomes an actual world power or it collapses
Xi Jinping is already chairman for life
And the government is planning to impose a social credit system along with national public surveillance
10 years later Big Brother is watching
There does exist actually a hardline communist group, underground and banned by the government, which has a membership of about 20,000 people if their numbers are to be believed, which might become violent at some point since they hate everything since Deng Xiaoping
China keeps growing economically anyways
The chinese will only care once they run out of money
And as the economy keeps getting worse and worse - and mind you, the economic growth has been the single legitimising point of the CPC since 1990s - this group may gain traction
see,
China's economy is growing still
but the growth is getting slower and slower