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Fwded it to my cuz who immi'd in 1987. His response: Not sure US ever had any cultural openness. Even if it did, it was mostly WASP. Eating 🍣 + doing🧘🏼‍♀️ != cultural openness. More like cultural pastimes. What it does represent is economic openness. That is its greatness.
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I think your cousin is wrong :) Wasp culture is in fact among the least open. The separation between economic and cultural openness is meaningless. Not surprisingly we’re seeing both kinds of closing up now together.
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Any reason Israel doesn't make it in the 2x2 . Too small to occupy "global consciousnesses" space? For me it satisfies spiritual hunger <> cultural openness but I guess a sense of relative calm is required for 2nd world sweet spottedness...
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How much of this do you attribute to the current POTUS / admin's anti-immig policies & how much to a real long-term trend. I suspect, the momentum from the last several decades will be sufficient to carry it past, what I believe is a temporary dip...
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