US culture, outsider
I'm not of US culture, but I've grown watching and hearing a lot of it through a lot of media. Mainly mainstream shit
And one thing I just realised:
I hate how it is so essentialist
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US culture, outsider
In US culture, personality is immutable.
Growing up isn't about building something, it's about building who you have been anyway. You just have to "follow your heart". And here, heart means soul, in the most permanent way possible.
You are what you are, you will always be what you are, deep down.
You can't change
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US culture, outsider
Even in movies claiming different, I'm pretty sure people have some sort of archetype that never changes.
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US culture, outsider
Anyway,,, essentialism is a trap I fell for, **hard**
And I'm French,. so you bet essentialism is part of our culture too, big time. I don't know if it has a link, but for us, it comes from Christianity.
Even though I'll admit, most spirituality I know about have some sort of essentialism (neo-paganism, Norse culture, celtic culture), especially on gender
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US culture, outsider
All this, because Furious 6 has a character with amnesia and it's bad
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US culture, outsider
Think about it, in so many US movies containing a character with amnesia, most of mainstream will have the fundamental characteristics of that character won't change.
They're closest friend will still recognise some "typical" thing about them
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