What keeps those super-culturally-diverse and unique states united in one country?
Fear of Russia/China
unity is our defense mechanism
nah you literally cant leave unless you somehow btfo the entire rest of the US
God willed it.
solidified high fructose corn syrup
>>57096147
I mean if you guys were really that different people would fight for at least affirm it as a different culture like the countries that we were submitted to Austro-Hungarian Empire
Freedums
>Americans criticize Europe
>TFW white people in America are the degenerates who couldn't make it in Europe
>>57096310
Then they created the greatest country in the history of the universe
>>57096359
>TFW you admit that Europe is home of the master race
>>57096277
Our people may be as different from each other as the British are from Europeans, but we still have some values in common. After all, we all say the Pledge of Allegiance. The United States of America is indivisible.
United we're strong, divided we are nothing.
That being said a lot of foreigners think we are more divided than we really are because they think federal goverment has a huge impact on our lives, when in reality our federal government probably impacts the lives of citizens of other countries more than it does us.
Giant black benis
>>57096310
when are you going to stop spamming this? It doesn't even make sense.
>>57096310
>>Americans criticize Europe
>this brit so on tilt he's posted it in every thread he could
Yeah man we're the degenerates, disregard that we cause brain drain across the world because all the most intelligent people on the planet want to move here.
>>57096468
But how come you guys can be so united and strong as you said if your states are so different and individual? Isn't that a weakness?
>>57096513
>because all the most intelligent people on the planet want to move here.
And make some money off of your dumb as shit middle class, before they move back to their own countries and live like kings.
>>57096051
In my country, brothers in arms.
>>57096461
>but we still have some values in common.
like what? I mean can you say the Dixie South is as similar as California or the Northeast States?
>>57096579
No of course not, the point is to have different places for all walks of life. Don't like the politically correct SJWs who are afraid to be adults? Move to New England. Don't like brash people and dunkin? Move out west.
There is something for everybody yet we are all united under one federal government.
>>57096461
>Our people may be as different from each other as the British are from Europeans
>this is what Americans actually believe
>>57096579
There was this thing called the American Civil War, you know.
>>57096671
The difference between Southerners and West Coasters is like the difference between French and Poles
>>57096656
>No of course not, the point is to have different places for all walks of life.
So what makes the people from California care for those in Texas if they are so apart from each other? And also how can the federal government have the strength to do something in a federal level if there isn't a thing that unites all those states? I mean there must be something that a guy from California has in common with another in Montana or another one in New Mexico and etc, or else your government wouldn't even sustain itself
>>57096836
Sure they are mate.
>>57096836
French Revolution & Russian Annexation
VS
I like burritos & I like hamburgers
>>57096923
We're talking about culture, not history m8.
>>57096923
French (West Coasters)
>fags
Southerners (Poles)
>retarded bible thumpers
>>57096864
>So what makes the people from California care for those in Texas if they are so apart from each other?
Most people, when given a comfortable life are generally caring and generous people. That being said they don't have to care about those in texas.
For instance, I don't like Californians, I have friends there and even my friends act like they are retarded. But that's the point, I don't have to live near these people, they don't effect me so I don't mind them being from the same country as me because we both have a place where we belong.
> And also how can the federal government have the strength to do something in a federal level if there isn't a thing that unites all those states?
The federal government is what unites us, a powerful military, the need to protect all of our boarders, that is what unites us. People from one state rely on the economy of another state, etc.
I don't know what you're looking for when you say there has to be something they have in common.
>>57096923
yeah...
>The difference between Southerners and West Coasters is like the difference between French and Poles
this is fucking retarded I really hope people dont actually think this bc its really not even close to being true
>>57096981
continued because 4chan has some insanely low character limit still.
Of course people have things in common, just like I have things in common with people from all over the world. We are all human, of course we will all have things in common.
>>57096965
History is culture. It shapes it and is present in it through symbols and national identity.
At the end of the day, west coasters and southerners are both Americans that speak English and cry when an eagle lands on the american flag.
France and Polands have hundreds of years of unique history, food, music, tradition etc etc, which separates them completely.
>>57097018
Yeah sometimes I feel like people just use our flag as an excuse to act like an idiot, just for shits and giggles.
>>57097018
>Europe please notice me I love you!!
>>57096967
kek
>>57096051
Brazilian butthurt
>>57096051
Industry that spans over multiple states, and the ability to self govern/move wherever you want.
>>57097069
Except their both part of this huge, powerful supergovernmental organization that strives for ever closer union.
>>57097079
come on man, people all over the world really aren't that different from each other, they are all after all people. but saying people from California and Maine have more major differences between them then someone from Portugal and Germany is being willfully ignorant
>>57096836
More like French and Algerians
>>57096981
>I don't know what you're looking for when you say there has to be something they have in common.
Because if there isn't an American feeling towards everything, how come people of so many different backgrounds vote for a leader and feel represented by it, how come the federal government can pass a law that literally represents the American people, if the American people don't feel themselves common to other americans? I mean it doesn't really makes sense, there must be something that a guy from any part of the country can relate themselves to and feel themselves part of the USA, not mattering where they are. I mean not even the mass media would work if there wasn't a common denominator among americans, or not even the Army would too
>>57097196
Poland: Hey lets forget about 1000 years of culture because we joined the EU like 25 years ago.
>>57097242
>how come people of so many different backgrounds vote for a leader and feel represented by it
They don't
Eurofags butthurt that they will never reach the same level of unity as USA despite the fact that they've has thousands of years to get their shit together
>>57097269
Continent vs Country
Are you trying to be stupid?
>>57097297
One nation under God greater than an entire continent
>>57096638
Some of their core ideals are similar. In terms of political ideologies, they're not that divided. For example, most of them support Capitalism, Democracy, freedom, and the collective act of not giving a fuck about Puerto Rico
>>57097338
I care about you PR
>>57097261
So how can you guys call yourself americans if you got nothing to relate themselves to other parts of your country? How come you guys don't simply get out of this union and create a country that represents your state ideals that unites you people?
>>57097338
This is true
>>57097259
And yet they can thrive (well more like survive) under a common government despite their differing cultures, just as our states can.
>>57096265
Kek, fuck you and your stupid leaf
>>57097242
>how come people of so many different backgrounds vote for a leader and feel represented by it
Because, like I said before, the federal government really doesn't impact the lives of american's all that much. His main job is to protect this country and it's interests. Most of the time he has more of an impact on people of other countries than he does our own. So half the country may not agree with their views but it's a lot easier to accept when he isn't making your local laws.
Another thing you don't seem to understand, the president himself isn't passing these laws alone. The only time they are getting to the president is after state representatives vote and approval a bill.
We are common in the sense that all of our ancestors moved here for a better life, everybody who moved here, at one point in their family history, had hardship and instead of sitting around being stepped on decided to move here and try to make something of themselves.
https://youtu.be/tyeJ55o3El0
>People from outside the US pretending that the states are different
Obviously there's a difference between SoCal and Alabama but having been to a lot of different countries, English-speaking US/Canada is really all one culture
>>57097356
<3 You must be chicano then
>>57097360
>same language
>same freedoms
>same general values
We share a lot of traits even if we don't looks the same
>>57097297
>Continent vs Country
Its a comparable landmass, you eurofags just made up imaginary lines to divide yourselves because you couldn't comprehend being chill with your neighbors
One is united, one isn't.
One is btfo, one isn't
>>57097360
We literally can't do that, silly. There's something called "The Most Powerful Military On The Fucking Planet" standing in the way of such a thing.
And in the end most of us can bond over the overthrow of monarchy in favor of democracy and things like freedom, beating the Nazis, and winning the cold war.
>>57097338
You're our clay, that's as much as I give a fuck about you. That and youndont wanting to be a state, You traitirous spic shit
>>57097425
nope but I was born there, My spanish is garbage but my birth certificate is entirely in it. I want to go back one day
>>57096265
>having to rely on genuine maple syrup to keep your country together
>>57097425
You're alright, you're no american samao but you're alright
>>57097380
>>57097438
>>57097465
>>57097473
>We are common in the sense that all of our ancestors moved here for a better life, everybody who moved here, at one point in their family history, had hardship and instead of sitting around being stepped on decided to move here and try to make something of themselves.
Now we are talking about it, maybe that is literally what unites all your country: the stride for success and richness, the dream to pursuing power to do whatever the fuck you want with the money you earn. So in the end you guys got a similar culture that unites all of your States making you guys americans after all. So yeah, you guys can't say your states are as different as Poland and Germany then kek
>>57097520
Don't act like Poles and Germans don't have commonalities too bro
>>57097509
I guess cancuks like watching the oozing manjuice coming out of the maple trees
>>57097520
Yes we are all very similar in that sense, but we have different places for all cultures and walks of life.
That's why you have stats with 20%~ sales tax and others with no sales tax.
>>57097487
They do want to be a state. And it's going to be set in motion in 2021 unless congress acts specifically to delay it.
The rest of the country is latinized enough that it doesn't matter dude.
>>57096461
>British are from Europeans
>Europeans
There are more cultural differences between Dutch and Belgians than in any of your states. Only an ignorant idiot would group europeans together like that
>>57097555
Sure but less so than Californians and Texans
>>57097631
[citation needed]
>>57097520
We're different thogh, we're american. An statement Brazilians wouldn't be able to make, ever.
>>57097593
the rest of the country isn't latinized. the vast majority of puerto ricans grow up with spanish as a mother tongue. that's not the case in places with a lot latinos like the southwest or florida.
>>57097595
lol k you keep on telling yourself that finnbro
>>57097655
yeah and we are proud of our cultural homogeniety despite being multiracial 2bh it is literally what makes us strong as ever, wouldn't trade it for all the money in the world
We don't want an Atilla or Genghis to fuck our shit up.
>>57097520
No yeah that's ridiculous. It's more like I guess we'd be like if half of Spanish speaking SA unified in revolution for democracy against the Spanish monarchy and the other half stayed loyal (like Canada) and then Brazil would be like their Mexico.
>>57097733
I hope your country find stability in its current chaos brazil, it honestly seems very unlikely but I truly hope for the best.
>>57096051
We are generally pretty different, as in the cultural and social norms vary greatly from place to place but our national identity is strong enough and we aren't too different so we don't fall apart. Also you have to beat the rest of the USA in order to leave, which the Dixies shown is very difficult.
>>57097650
Is it more likely for a German to move to Poland or a Californian to move to Texas? Who would have a harder time adjusting? C'mon man why are you pretending that this is a reasonable comparison?
>>57097812
triggered desu
>>57096051
Complete and utter disdain for the rest of you "people."
>>57097846
The only reason why it would be harder for a German to move to Poland is because of the language barrier. When you ignore that and look at how people live their lives, I'd say they're pretty much as similar as California is to Texas.
>>57097803
that isn't chaos m8, it's just a political crisis that happens now and then, I just hope that we continue doing what we have been doing for the past 10 years that made our GDP per capita grow 3 times instead of simply going for the whole foreign capital open market bullshit that made us shit and incapable of growing several times in our history
>>57097733
>cultural homogeniety
I didn't know bunda was considered a national cultural identhity
>>57097773
kek, all South American countries probably have more similarities than maybe the states of your country
>>57097966
I just hope your people realize that even if you get all the corruption out of politics, the people with money aren't going to stop trying, even if you change the rules of the game.
>>57097927
Ok can you show me 3 ways in which California and Texas differ and compare it to 3 ways in which Poland and Germany differ culturally? Not trying to be a dick genuinely curious and willing to admit you might be right. But you definitely can't generalize and say all European countries are more similar than all US states
American states are not super culturally diverse, way less than brazil.
t. brazilian in the US
>>57098007
yeah, we are pros in it, most people that want corruption vanished from the face of the earth are just autists that project all their miseries onto the government. Corruption is part of our identity we must embrace it and use it on our behalf 2bh as we were doing up till now
College football.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj2PUqlpzEk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWiImPHy0kE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVgtZVhMzro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YiE5cdbYmc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0f88jRi3t0
>>57097997
>disgracing our national pride
fuck you
>>57097650
are you completely fucking daft or something?
completely different languages, histories, values (especially in regards to progressive/regressiveism, but also in regards to work, cuisines (and no, a few different dishes doesn't count, we're talking entirely different foods with maybe a little bit in common here and there like perhaps bread), political statuses and stances (esp. regarding their roles in eu), even what the people look like (especially comparing west germany to poland) is different.
like, come on nigger, are you actually trying? americans have similar general values (especially if we consider austin into the texas equation), the same language, the same origins, same general cuisine with some minor variations in each. perhaps you only think there's slight differences because you're an american and so the differences are more real and personal to you than they would be for germany/poland, but that doesn't make you correct.
>>57097338
Hey, I like rum
>>57098104
Stop trying hard to be european dude
>tfw you realize USA could have been more diverse if we hadn't oppressed our French, German, and Spanish minorities
>>57097338
>Now if you look to your left, you can see the butthurt Puerto Rican even from the distance of 100 miles away!
>>57098104
The guy who said Germans and Poles are more similar than Californians and Texans is a dumbass but that is no reason to be more autistic.
mtv and mcdonalds
>>57098149
I don't want the USA to be any more like any of those countries though.
>>57098149
Its for the best, look at the faggot French Canadians, is that what you would want in Louisiana on top of everything else they have?
>>57098003
No way. They're all just a bunch of stinky natives with their old tribal quarrels keeping them apart. Speaking Spanish isn't enough to keep those utermensch together
>>57098049
1. Munich is """culturally enriched,""" San Francisco is too. Meanwhile Poland and Texas wants to preserve their culture
2. Poland has problems lingering on from communism. California is a socialist shithole. Parts of Texas and Germany are more sane.
3. Poland is a country of Bible-beaters, just as much of Texas is. Germany and California is more atheist.
Poland and Germany aren't that different desu they are right next to each other
>>57098230
>this guy
pls be trolling
The military, muh guns
>>57096051
Attempting to separate hasn't worked well historically.
>>57098230
>California is a socialist shithole
hahahaha
>>57098230
Poland is a hardcore catholic country that values family over work and money, Germany is a majority protestant country that values work, society, obedience over the rest, including family and individual happiness. Their societies are heavily structured that way to point that makes them really different from each other. Meanwhile all americans got something in common as the other BR said >>57097520
>>57098230
Where the fuck are you from? have you been to Texas or California? The fact is that there is an immense amount of cultural exchange between any two states. People (Americans) are constantly moving between them spreading their (American) beliefs, traditions, and ideals from state to state.
Everything anyone is telling you itt is a bullshit exaggeration.
>>57098318
And West Virginia is a Protestant state that values families (so much they fuck each other) and are lazy as fuck. Massachusetts is a workaholic Catholic state that has a libshit mob mentality. your point?
>>57096051
Lack of meaningful cultural diversity.
>>57098345
Its honestly embarrassing. Apparently some people take everything they read on here at face value. a little bit scary
>>57098318
>>57098104
People are actually falling for this holy shit
>>57098376
my point that even tho there are differences, they still partake in the American cultural sphere. I mean if the government passed the next day that all American Universities should be free and that everyone should pay more taxes for it, everyone would be legitmally pissed and annoyed by it, some people would consider it unamerican and literally communism despite being a really catholic/protestant thing to do. I mean despite the cultural differences, you guys still share some values. I mean just look at Trump rising up at the polls by showing how strong he is and how America should be free and that everyone should work hard and toil to become a success and a billionaire as him, meanwhile in Catholic nations people would think he is a jackass and a show off that exploits the poor population and gives no shit for other people
>>57098468
People will take literally anything that an American says on here at face value. It's pretty sad desu
>>57096051
Fear of Canadians
>>57098491
>the government passed the next day that all American Universities should be free and that everyone should pay more taxes for it
Alright, ignoring how blatantly unconstitutional that would be, I guarantee you that shit would be loved in California, Massachusetts, Washington, Vermont, etc. A lot of other states would hate it but hey we have diversity.
Trump also has a lot of support in places like Indiana and Florida but little support in places like Hawaii and Rhode Island. We're far more diverse than you think desu
The USD
The Union Army
we speak one language, we're one culture
those that don't are outsiders
>>57098669
>I guarantee you that shit would be loved in California, Massachusetts, Washington, Vermont, etc.
yeah, but why? because they care about the common people or because they think it's the best for them, the best thing to avoid paying debts and being a slave to banks?
>>57098149
there aren't any french minorities here in the US
but of course they were oppressed by the canadians :^)
we hold common interest in civic ideals, why does any people have unity?
>This entire thread
the Pennsylvanian is just fucking with you guys, stop while you are behind
>>57098734
It's because it's part of their states' cultures to value equality of results over individual opportunity. I don't really know where you're going with this desu
>>57096051
Hatred of the Federal government unites us all.
>>57098798
>value equality
you mean real equality where everybody feels as one and everyone hold really true their beliefs to themselves and every individual has to follow the society guidelines to success, or the equality where one can blame another one for all their mistakes and failures and thus bringing the privileges of those that succeeded down so they can succeed as ""equally" as them. I am inclined to think it is the second one
>>57098343
I have been to Houston in Texas and to tons of places in California. They are nice places to visit but I wouldn't wanna live in either places. Also you're seeing a lot of internal European migration with that Schengen area (Poles to Great Britain, etc.) too. There would be more if it wasn't for the language barriers.
>>57098900
I live in Houston and it seems like it'd be shit to visit but it's really nice to live in
>>57098899
That's just a matter of an opinion and your own point of view. I'd be more inclined to believe the second too but tons of liberals would disagree with me. Anyway I don't really see what this has to do with culture.
>>57096836
Dude shut up, it's really not like that.
>>57096051
idk man.
>>57096051
Keeping the stomaches full and showing pro wrestling on tv is enough to keep the citizens happy
>>57098710
This
>>57098919
Nah, I had fun seeing some cool buildings due to no zoning laws and all of the different ethnic neighborhoods and restaurant, but I think if I lived there it would be grating after a while. Not to mention how fucking sprawling that city is. The Space Center is pretty dank though
Sjw cuckery
>>57098535
This
>>57098946
it has to do everything with culture, because you guys are so individualistic and striving for your own individual success that you guys will turn everything including trying to bring "equality" as in a US vs THEM thing, instead of trying to unify things and thus actually pursuing equality as it happens in most Mediterranean countries or Scandi countries. That is why I said that every little struggle in the USA actually is in the American cultural sphere not mattering how different you guys are, because you guys can't take the fact of actually living in a cultural homogenous country where the differences are much more smaller as it happens in South America or Europe, and actually want a country with huge cultural differences and huge individual opportunities to actually satisfy your pursue for individual success, I mean that is what I think it is the american dream and the american culture that actually brings your states together towards an ideal, filling your pocket with money and doing whatever the fuck you want
>>57097520
Wait, so was that whole conversation just so you could bring up points against the autist from earlier?
>>57097338
You guys whine so much that Guam will probably become a state before you guys.
>>57098094
Now that is a cultural identity I can get behind.
>>57099152
No, I think liberals definitely believe in that socialist crap because they (naively) feel for other people. Like a lot of them are college kids (or post-college kids) who push stuff like increased minimum because their university echo chamber told them that poor people and minorities deserve reparations and that they are all one people and shit like that. You also seem to have a really generalized, essentialized view of the US.
>>57098535
if anything we were wary of the indians that your masters leashed against us
>>57096051
Pop culture. There are a lot of Hispanics in the United States and based on my observations pop culture is a major unifier between Hispanics (especially poorer ones) and other Americans.
>>57096836
Moron
>>57096836
kek this always baits them, I love it maggle!!
>>57099172
Yeah, you have no idea what you're talking about. The majority here WORSHIPS the U.S. and in the last plebiscites 67% have voted for statehood. We don't whine. We should though.
>>57097687
The majority here wants statehood
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rican_status_referendum,_2012
>>57096179
preach it brother
The only reason why we're united is so some states can leech off other states taxes. If each state were to become independent, more than half of them would turn to third world shitholes.
>>57096875
>let me tell you about your country
