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		mc32 on April 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japan's population may drop by almost one-third by... >Preserving culture at all costs for its own sake is backwards and it prevents progress I dunno. Lots of groups even within the US lament their culture being overrun by US pop-culture or mainstream culture. Are these people wrong and counter-productive?

chaostheory on April 27, 2023 [–]

A sub-culture is not the same as culture. Ultimately, these groups are still American at the end of the day. Still, if the price of losing culture reduces the probability of conflict, I will gladly pay it.

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