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Why are most of the posts on this CANADIAN site about events that are happening in America? This insidious creep of American culture and foreign policy is what is in fact 'Americanizing' Canada. If all we read about is from America, no wonder we lose site of the Canadian identity.

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago (6 children)

I agree that this is happening. While we should be aware of what they're up to when it directly affects us, we could use more Canada specific content

I try to share what I can, feel free to share some as well :) If you have a website that you recommend, I can see if I can share more from there

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

That s the problem. I was desperately hopping that this web site (insrtance?) would be a solution, but t seems that the Americans are so insidious, they will infiltrate ANY website. The solution s not to start a new instance the solution is to police the existing instances to keep the Americans out. As long as the Americans have access, they will dominate, period.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's actually possible to create local only communities, which would restrict access to users on lemmy.ca. While that doesn't completely do what you're looking for since Canadians on other instances won't be able to see it, it might help somewhat?

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

On the contrary, it just perpetuates the problem. It does not stop the insidious creep, it just pretends it is not there. Like burying one's head in the sand. The trick is to stop it from happening in the first place. Americans are quite adept at doing it in their own country (blocking out and filtering the influences of the rest of the world on their culture) so why can Canadians not do the same thing?

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