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Originally Posted by dc_denizen
In general American culture, outside of African American, has had to compete with a ‘commonwealth culture’ centered on the Uk but with outposts in Canada, Australia, nz etc.
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Just when I thought you've said the most absurd thing about Canada you go out-do yourself. You don't know ANYTHING about Canada if you think the culture here is 'Commonwealth' or influenced by it. Culturally, Canada sticks out like a sore thumb within the Commonwealth. Their culture is as foreign to us as it is to Americans. Canada developed its own culture that differs massively from what one sees in Australia South Africa, NA, England, etc. In sports it's clear as day. We play our own Canadian sports like basketball, football, baseball, and hockey. The Commonwealth play cricket, rugby, and netball.
And Canadian culture/US culture is the exact same culture. Canada/US has behaved like one cultural block from day 1. A culture can't compete with itself.
If something became popular or was invented it didn't matter one iota if that thing came from Texas, Ontario, Ohio, Alberta, etc. It was adopted Canada/US wide, the culture shifted, and then it happened again tens of thousands of times There's a reason why Canadian entertainers do well in the US and vice versa. We're culturally one people with a few regional variations.