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Re:Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past (2023) by akira2501 on Friday August 30, 2024 @04:16PM (#41404052)
> Cultural heterogeneity is born out of isolation.

What level of "isolation" forms that threshold though? We're nowhere near a single worldwide religion, for example, which is odd because it's the most existential of cultural beliefs.

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Re:Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past (2023) by sgu999 on Friday August 30, 2024 @04:35PM (#41404186)
> We're nowhere near a single worldwide religion, for example, which is odd because it's the most existential of cultural beliefs.

We have neoliberalism, at least

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Re:Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past (2023) by fluoridation on Friday August 30, 2024 @04:42PM (#41404234)
No level. It's a continuum. The more isolated, the faster the cultures will diverge.
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Re:Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past (2023) by inglor_cz on Friday August 30, 2024 @04:59PM (#41404370)
At least in the West, we have a lot more secularism than ever before.
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