There is the theory that peoples inhabiting similar climates have suffered similar hardships and problems and thus have simile cultural traditions.
I think there is some value to this idea and I imagine that peoples who’ve grown up in artic conditions would share some traditions due to the effects of the environments their cultures have frown from. — I like sushi
A nation with its own government occupying a specific territory containing districts, settlements and towns. — Anaxagoras
culture is what develops from that — Anaxagoras
As usual what you mean is I don’t go along with your thinking. Why shut down the conversation? If everything is so cut and dry then why bother taking part in a discussion?
What don’t I get? — Brett
Thinking about the way the idea of ‘Country’ is developing it seems very problematical to define it by culture. So I was thinking if countries become more multicultural, multicultural itself isn’t an identifiable culture, it’s too amorphous for people to identify with, and so in a circular way we come back to my beginning which was the idea of borders. — Brett
I would gladly point out that by being a United States citizen and to partake in that culture is simply defined by the conglomerate cultures that exist in the United States who share a common language, goal, and principles. — Anaxagoras
If you crossed the border from Columbia to Venuezeula would you notice any difference in culture? — Brett
I’m not sure that the commonality you mean really exists as it once did, in any country, even the US. — Brett
If you crossed the border from Columbia to Venezuelan would you notice any difference in culture? — Brett
Then I guess what I’m trying to get at is that the idea of ‘Country’ is arbitrary. — Brett
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