https://twitter.com/AlishaGrauso/status/1337263317727866880?s=19

No culture but the culture pushed on you by gigantic companies trying to sell you merch. Superman v Batman is exactly the same as traditions that have been evolving naturally for thousands of years. Buying a Spiderman backpack is equivalent to knocking on wood or leaving a shot of vodka out in the woods for the leshiy. In Ant Man's name, amen.

  • ami [they/them,he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Even after living in this goddamn country for 30 years I still couldn't tell you what american culture actually is outside of rampant consumerism and pervasive poverty that's been hyper normalized. This shit is a potemkin village with highways and traffic jams.

    • Elohim [comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Anything good about American culture originated in black communities and then was appropriated and commodified

      • Rodentsteak [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        This is blatanly false, a bunch of it was stolen from native americans too.

      • cresspacito [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        You're forgetting how the Irish inspired America to drink like the Europeans they identify as, if only for a day

      • Magjee [any]
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        4 years ago

        Drove from Toronto to Chicago

        Fuck Michigan highways

        • MelaniaTrump [undecided]
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          4 years ago

          Like how did the state that industrialized the automobile end up with such shit roads

          • NonWonderDog [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            By dismantling the rail infrastructure, so all the freight has to go by truck.