Re:Why is Switzerland so rich?
by laurencerowe on Thursday October 16, 2025 @07:12PM
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Is Switzerland really a monoculture when different parts of the country speak different languages?
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Re:Why is Switzerland so rich?
by margalabargala on Thursday October 16, 2025 @07:40PM
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Yes. Those parts all still consider themselves more Swiss than French/German/Italian.
Re:Why is Switzerland so rich?
by laurencerowe on Thursday October 16, 2025 @08:22PM
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I wonder to what extent that identity is more complex than just being Swiss though? The Geneva metro area sprawls across the border with large numbers of workers commuting in from France.
French and Flemish speaking Belgians would no doubt consider themselves more Belgian than French or Dutch but there are still substantial cultural differences within Belgium.
Just look at Swiss TV dramas. They are a unwatchable, even worse than those of their neighbors. So why is their TV so bad, when they do have much better authors than their neighbors? The movie films are a bit better, but only a bit.
I blame the TV producers, which sank into the social causes pudding. There cannot be any good art if everything is checked and balanced. Death by committee. In Germany they had similar problems but got out of this mess.