Re: CHAT: Which world? Which culture?

Quoting Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>:

> >brick-form; in the Carolinas, it comes in pancake form).  The idea
> >that America is one giant  homogeneous mass is, and has always been,
> >the false impression of outsiders, but it is widely held outside the
> >US for political convenience.  (You made no such allegation, but I
> >think it necessary to point it out.)
>
> Isn't this true of most, if not all nations (not just the USA) and large
> groups when perceived as a whole?
It is, but that fact is frequently ignored because it is often
inconvenient. Most human beings are content with overgeneralizations
and simple-minded explanations of reality.

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