• brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    This would be a fascinating social experiment.

    Ban Twitter/Facebook while the US keeps them, and see how the populations of the two countries diverge.

    Speaking as an American, it would also be awesome if the fediverse explodes in Europe, and the dominant topics/discussions shift to EU focused ones.

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      Speaking as an American, it would also be awesome if the fediverse explodes in Europe, and the dominant topics/discussions shift to EU focused ones.

      I’d certainly love this. I’ve blocked all American(-focused) communities to achieve this already. Honestly, I often feel Dutch people know more about US internal politics than those of the EU or even the Netherlands, and I’ve myself gotten a bit sick of 80% of the news I see being about America (even in traditional media I feel America takes up way too much space).

      I think in our media America should have a presence a bit bigger than China.