Bethany Black on Nostr: People make fun of Americans for thinking of America as the default, that anyone ...
People make fun of Americans for thinking of America as the default, that anyone speaking English online *must* be American, or thinking everywhere must accept USD for example. But that’s the prize for cultural supremacy: insularity.
What I find interesting is that the people within that cultural elite who do look outwards will be surprised when those outside that elite know about things they assume we wouldn’t.
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