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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by giantg2 on Sunday April 02, 2023 @03:43PM (#35414327)
"between the average of the US and the average of Europe"

I'm not sure how one even defines these. As an example, most of the examples you give have a near 50/50 (+/-10%) split here in the US.

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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by Quarrelsome on Sunday April 02, 2023 @04:01PM (#35414519)
> most of the examples you give have a near 50/50 (+/-10%) split here in the US.

That's what I mean. Many of those issues don't have anywhere near a 50/50 split in Europe, which is part of the definition of social norms, expectations and cultural values.

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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by giantg2 on Sunday April 02, 2023 @05:30PM (#35415455)
My bad, not average person, but average of the population. I got it. Although my statement still applies. You can look at voter breakdown by county to see a picture of how this 50/50 split is actually more homogeneous by locale. So there are cultural values, but they are at a more local level.
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