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Re:Ivy League Demographics by mvncleaninst on Thursday August 03, 2023 @10:49PM (#36994910)
> American culture is almost entirely based on English not European culture.

France also had a pretty strong influence on the founding fathers apparently. From what I've heard English are much nicer than we are

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Re:Ivy League Demographics by cafard on Saturday August 05, 2023 @12:38PM (#37013751)
The influence consisted of money, arms, and troops, for the most part. They learned some rhetoric from the French, but I don't think that the cultural influence was at all deep.
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