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Re:Philips and the Death of Europe's Last Electronics Giant ... by quonn on Monday March 13, 2023 @05:51AM (#35133421)
Australia has always been part of the west. It feels culturally like a mix of US and UK. "The west" has never been geographical. It is named like that because the center of gravity has is western Europe and the US and perhaps more importantly in was named in opposition to the Soviet union and so looking from Europe is looks like "the west".
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Re:Philips and the Death of Europe's Last Electronics Giant ... by Maursault on Monday March 13, 2023 @04:48PM (#35142329)
> "The west" has never been geographical.

Except in its origins, which referred to Rome as opposed to Constantinople.

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