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		bloak on May 22, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: British man banned from US because of text to Amer... It's probably not possible to have both these things together in the long term: * A strong distinctive local culture. * Treating immigrants just like locals. Immigrants aren't going to learn the local dialect of Schwyzerdütsch unless you give them some kind of incentive, are they?

n4r9 on May 22, 2019 [–]

The way I see it based on atemerev's comment, the American treatment of immigrants is part of their strong local culture.

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