I think the most genuine mode of American culture (even for normies) is a shared alienation from an imaginary American culture
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Alienation happens when a shared identity consciousness with a group collapses and you are unable to form an “us” field against the true outsider and code-switch in true alien interactions. There’s a reason the word has “alien” in it. You become an alien.
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so it requires sharing a real culture to begin with?
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Interesting. You’re saying regular unalienated Americans switch into an extra sincere unironic style when they feel they’re interacting with a foreigners/immigrants?
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Not extra sincere, just an unconscious American-meets-world mode most aren’t even aware they have. Fish in water.
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“It must be amazing for you man!” to “aww how’s America? “
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