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minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoPeople in some places are just convinced the rest of the world is just as bad — this is the context in which I’ve heard the term. USians’ incessant belief that travelling to other countries is very unsafe is probably one example of this.
minus-squareBluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoIt’s puritanism, the country was founded on it and even though there have been waves of modernization, it’s still a puritannical deeply sick society at heart.
People in some places are just convinced the rest of the world is just as bad — this is the context in which I’ve heard the term.
USians’ incessant belief that travelling to other countries is very unsafe is probably one example of this.
It’s puritanism, the country was founded on it and even though there have been waves of modernization, it’s still a puritannical deeply sick society at heart.