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Re:Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past (2023) by woodPurchase on Friday August 30, 2024 @05:05PM (#41404424)
I'm not going to say that's untrue, it obviously isn't. But friction, distance, and drift are going to work in the opposite direction

The result depends on the ratio. I don't see why we can't have trade and relations with other countries without also assimilating eachother

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Re:Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past (2023) by fluoridation on Friday August 30, 2024 @05:25PM (#41404639)
I don't think trade and diplomatic relations is enough. Most people are neither international traders nor diplomats. You need constant cultural exchange by a large sections of the populations for the cultures to drift towards each other.
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