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Originally Posted by Gonzalvus
American society is highly materialistc, with no traditions nor culture nor spirituality to rely on.
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I think that was indeed a very uncultured statement on you're behalf. Have you even been to America? Have you really interacted with Americans closely enough to uncover our "materialistic" tendencies? Correct me if I am wrong, but most material status symbols in America and around the world originate in Europe from modern Europeans' narcissistic need to be the best dressed and most stylish. There is so much more to the United States than suburban tract housing and multiculturalism (hmm, western Europe doesn't have THAT problem either). Shows real maturity and deep thinking on your part.
Also, keep in mind that no one can help where they were born--you shouldn't knock European-americans, we make up a LARGE portion of the European diaspora and have actually done fine jobs of preserving our forefathers' cultures here in the vast, wild New World. People have lived in my town since 1670 and, to my way of thinking, historical Georgian, Tudor, and colonial architecture is just as attractive here as it is back in England.