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> Most of HN readers/writers are American, of course they won't do anything unless they personally profit off it, the entire culture is built around this mindset

American culture is highly varied. For some this is true, for others this is wrong and highly insulting.

Maybe try a narrower brush next time.

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It's OK for the country to have a pervasive culture yet not every resident or citizen of the country to be a part of that culture, or even actively work against it. If you're not one of them matching that description, it shouldn't be insulting, as it's not about you in the first place.

Maybe not everything is aimed towards you, especially if you don't feel like the description actually matches you :)

Sweden, the entire country, has the population of New York City, and is about 3/4 the size of Texas.

Don't forget about Sri Lanka, whose population is around 21 million.

That is a lot of words for "my negative steroetypes about you and your country are fine, actually. Don't take it personally, bro. Maybe you're one of the few good ones!"

I'm American. It's the pervasive culture. The brush doesn't need to be narrower.

Every time someone makes a cultural comment here, the reply is always "America is a big country". America can be a big country and still have common cultural elements. It's not inaccurate to say that citizens of a large country mostly share some common characteristics. Those characteristics are what makes them one country.

I think the "others" should open their eyes to the world around them, then.

> should open their eyes to the world around them

Amazingly brazen assumption right there.

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