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ziq OP wrote (edited )

I think the idea of culture has been perverted by capitalism so much that it can never be really rediscovered. For example, until 40-50 years ago, 99.9% of the population here ate weeds, fruit and olives. That was their whole diet except on very special occasions. Now 'traditional' food has all been fucked with to add meat and cream and cheese to everything. Real traditional (peasant) food is looked down on and no longer appreciated or even known about.

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____deleted____ wrote (edited )

I feel no connection to the country I live in (USA) and the culture simply hasn't ever felt right and I don't believe it'll ever feel right to live in.

I can't tell exactly what it is, but it simply doesn't feel right to live in or as.

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DissidentRage wrote

Feel exactly the same way. I think it's because the "culture" we have here is so fucking manufactured (in addition to toxic as hell) it may as well be described as not having a culture at all.

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____deleted____ wrote

That'd make sense, but it almost feels worse than a lack of a culture- it feels choking. Like an anti-culture. A culture that actively works against those in it, and the development of a 'true' culture among them.

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DaisyDisaster wrote

I have complicated feelings about this because I've been isolated from part of my family for a while and didn't get to learn their language and culture. I want to learn, because I feel like I am missing something about myself and where I come from if I don't.

On the other hand, of the family I do know, I don't appreciate their culture and have rejected it, for the most part. Their traditions aren't important to me.

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Green_Mountain_Makhno wrote

Being from the US, my country's culture is incredibly toxic on almost every level. Tradition in the sense of culture (at least "western" culture) is almost always toxic - filled to the brim with toxic masculinity, transactionalism, and racism. Spoiled with capitalism and imperialism, built to brainwash, oppress and enslave.

I think there is some value to having traditions - in the sense of celebrations, gifts, certain things you do at certain time of year or to celebrate certain things - within a family or community that can celebrate our lives and situations, and are based in values of liberation and mutual aid.

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Cosmicsloth42 wrote

There are some parts of my regional culture I like (a lot I don't but some I do) There is a history of independence, individualism, and resistance to government intervention.

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