▲ 156 ▼ Canada becomes a full Member of the European Broadcasting Union (www.ebu.ch) submitted 1 month ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to c/europe@feddit.org 28 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 month ago (2 children) Culturally speaking it is way more similar to the US. But due to US politics people might not want to acknowledge this right now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 month ago yea, even the french parts are culturally closer to the usa than to france. we drive everywhere, we still use imperial for many things (inb4 someone posts The Chart), a lot of cultural products consumed here are american, more and more of them not even translated… permalink fedilink source parent [–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago There are fundamental societal aspects where Canada absolutely is way way more European. Like Canada has only a third the homicide rate. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2025001/article/00011-eng.htm Rates of homicide incidents remain considerably higher in the United States (5.7 homicides per 100,000 population) than in Canada (1.9 per 100,000) Canada also has healthcare for all. They don't have psychopathic regulations like USA does like death penalty and 3 strikes and you're out. So no Canada is not like USA, in that it is not a sociopathic society like USA is. Just because they like Whiskey and Disney doesn't make them the same. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 month ago yea, even the french parts are culturally closer to the usa than to france. we drive everywhere, we still use imperial for many things (inb4 someone posts The Chart), a lot of cultural products consumed here are american, more and more of them not even translated… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago There are fundamental societal aspects where Canada absolutely is way way more European. Like Canada has only a third the homicide rate. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2025001/article/00011-eng.htm Rates of homicide incidents remain considerably higher in the United States (5.7 homicides per 100,000 population) than in Canada (1.9 per 100,000) Canada also has healthcare for all. They don't have psychopathic regulations like USA does like death penalty and 3 strikes and you're out. So no Canada is not like USA, in that it is not a sociopathic society like USA is. Just because they like Whiskey and Disney doesn't make them the same. permalink fedilink source parent