• SpicyColdFartChamber@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    I mean people still listen to your phone calls even in western countries and egg is looking to become a luxury item.

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      6 days ago

      Well you are comparing one totalitarian regime to another. The US is no longer a „western” country.

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        6 days ago

        Nah, it totally is. Being western isn’t signified by “Good Values” it’s signified by its location on the map.

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          That’s why I put western in quotes. It’s a dumb but helpful classification like the „first world”.

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          Plenty of western countries are located in the eastern hemisphere. Australia is considered a western country…

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            Yeah they often get coined with that term because they have “Western Values” or come under the influence of western countries.