For instance, you can't understand the US well if you only know the US. You need to look at how the US is similar to other countries, and how it is unique. You need to look at what there was before it existed -- where it came from. And so on.
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And you can't understand English well if you only know English. You're also going to need French, Latin, etc. Context is everything
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Every pundit on this site seems to assume that everything about US culture is somehow unique and can only be understood in a narrow local & ahistorical context... While also believing that things that are completely unique to the US must be inevitable & intrinsic to human nature
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always funny how being above average at a couple things makes you waaaaaay above average at their intersection
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Non-linearity and scarcity at work here I guess.
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