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Both things can be true, but it's funny that two opposite sounding replies came to this one comment about US politics.

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[–] Altrex@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This is something I think gets lost in discussions a lot. The USA is massive and fragmented, the fragmentation being intentional with state individuality.

I remember a German family that thought they could easily do LA, Vegas, and the Grand Canyon in a couple of days.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The US has more similarities to the EU diversity-wise than almost any other individual nation.

[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We all speak the same language, I don't think that comparison holds up.

[–] subtleorbit@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I love that you made one, single, tiny point to the contrary and decided that was enough

[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip -2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Because there was only one point made? The US is pretty damn homogeneous compared to the EU.

[–] subtleorbit@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You're the first person to bring up language? As if that's the only thing that can differ between places lmao.

[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip -2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Having different languages is kinda a big deal. It means different stories growing up, different cultural practices, different emphasis across different interpretations of history. Americans may have a lot of geography between each other, but the cultural difference isn't all that wide.

[–] subtleorbit@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Have you ever been to Kentucky and California? Vastly more different than France and England

[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If you say so.

How does it compare to the difference between Finland and Greece?

[–] subtleorbit@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

I'd actually say that Finland is closer to Greece than Orange County is to like Trimble, but I haven't spent much time in Finland outside of Helsinki and Enontekio. But the point isn't who has the most different, it's "is EU to US a more apt comparison than any individual European country is to the US?"

Netherlands and Poland would have been a better example for you to bring up than Greece and Finland honestly.