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    • theposterformerlyknownasgood
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      9 months ago

      Of all the indignities of western capitalism, I can deal with the tahin being next to the tofu. Since I'm a monster who'll eat my tofu scramble with hummus and chili oil.

      • Lemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]
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        9 months ago

        This reminds me of this quote when Capitalism WAS historically progressive:

        Specifically...

        It has drowned the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical calculation.

        But imagine that, but with food

        For example, remember Italian cuisine... seems like it wasn't ancient at all?

        • theposterformerlyknownasgood
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          9 months ago

          It's almost funny that the creation of "Authentic Italian food" is contemporaneous with the futurist movement trying to get Italians to eat autoclaved rice with iron shavings and perfume

          • Lemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]
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            9 months ago

            I remember this reddit post here about it... lmao

            https://old.reddit.com/r/TheDeprogram/comments/xb9w5n/reminder_that_italian_fascist_artists_tried_to/

    • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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      9 months ago

      I kinda have no problem with multiculturalism; I want to be around as many cultures as possible, tbh.

        • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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          9 months ago

          No, no, you're fine, I figured that you were offhandedly broaching a complicated topic in the Western context.

          • Lemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]
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            9 months ago

            When I think of multicultural, we also have to think of local-born multiculturalism countries like Yugoslavia (eg. Bosniak + Croat + Serb + Albanian) or Indonesia (eg. many indigenous ethnic groups et languages) as well,

            So it's bit funny to see multicultural to refer to such things in the west

            • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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              9 months ago

              Oh yeah, I think I know what you're referring to.

              The West (at least North America) is increasingly, at least, multi-racial.

              But multicultural? Truly? Not sure about that one.

              If anything, cultures get destroyed when they meet contact with American shores... at least, more often than not, it seems.

              There's nothing really done to preserve certain cultures or histories, etc.