Culture

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
People care too much about culture.

from where i come from it seems ppl dont care enough about culture..

Everyone cares about culture. Their culture just might not be obvious to you.

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
I think Australians have it the other way around, they refer to Chinese, Japanese, Korean..etc as Asians and Indians, Bangladeshi...etc ndividually.

Originally posted by King Castle
does modern society even have a Culture?

what constitutes a Culture?

i live in a country that has no real since of self at least in my opinion.. our food is borrowed, our religion is borrowed even our ppl are from all corners of the world.. what is our culture and why would it be considered a culture?

i mean is MTV, coca cola, hamburgers and hollywood be considered a culture?

i know the united states isnt alone anymore many places are somewhat similar and in the same boat... think'in canada maybe possibly englandcanadian

also another think i have a problem is ppl who think that you cannot possibly have a culture outside your own home and background.

example:

if i am white or whatever why is it not possible to be a Buddhist and make it not just part of my religion but culture... why do some ppl think that if you take MA its not a culture or a way of living?

not all dojo's are commercialized to the point that it is just another thing like soccer or gymnastics with no spiritual meaning or deeper meaning... some ppl take their training seriously.. why is it okay for some things to be a culture to one group of ppl from one part of the world but not be for another person?

b/c he wasnt born into it? even though he takes it just as seriously but just happens to be of a different skin tone?

do we have to be born into a group culture or can we not simply adopt them?

talk conversate among yourself....

can MA be a culture to a white/brwn/blk man if he takes it seriously?

can bhuddism be part of a white/brwn/blk man culture even if he is born and lives in germany?

can we not practice native tribal traditions although not be part of any particular tribe?

what is it to have a culture?

MTV, Coca Cola, Hamburgers, Movies, and Comic Books are more view as Americanism.

Now, you wanna get technical? America is also known as the melting pot of the world. So we practically mirror other cultures that come to ours and adopt...but really, who really adopts? They share theirs with others and so on. So you can call it a mixture of many cultures.

Broad topic....brain tired...be back another time...

Integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behaviour that is both a result of and integral to the human capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations. Culture thus consists of language, ideas, beliefs, customs, taboos, codes, institutions, tools, techniques, works of art, rituals, ceremonies, and symbols. It has played a crucial role in human evolution, allowing human beings to adapt the environment to their own purposes rather than depend solely on natural selection to achieve adaptive success. Every human society has its own particular culture, or sociocultural system. Variation among cultures is attributable to such factors as differing physical habitats and resources; the range of possibilities inherent in areas such as language, ritual, and social organization; and historical phenomena such as the development of links with other cultures. An individual's attitudes, values, ideals, and beliefs are greatly influenced by the culture (or cultures) in which he or she lives. Culture change takes place as a result of ecological, socioeconomic, political, religious, or other fundamental factors affecting a society. See also culture contact; sociocultural evolution.

Originally posted by andrewjackson
Integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behaviour that is both a result of and integral to the human capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations. Culture thus consists of language, ideas, beliefs, customs, taboos, codes, institutions, tools, techniques, works of art, rituals, ceremonies, and symbols. It has played a crucial role in human evolution, allowing human beings to adapt the environment to their own purposes rather than depend solely on natural selection to achieve adaptive success. Every human society has its own particular culture, or sociocultural system. Variation among cultures is attributable to such factors as differing physical habitats and resources; the range of possibilities inherent in areas such as language, ritual, and social organization; and historical phenomena such as the development of links with other cultures. An individual's attitudes, values, ideals, and beliefs are greatly influenced by the culture (or cultures) in which he or she lives. Culture change takes place as a result of ecological, socioeconomic, political, religious, or other fundamental factors affecting a society. See also culture contact; sociocultural evolution.

😂 "taboos" made me laugh. 😂

Memes

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I consider myself lucky to live in a part of the country that has less culture then a cup of yogurt.

American culture is money. We are indoctrinated to admire and love those with money. We obsess over rich sports figures and celebrities. We may openly complain about corporations like Wal Mart and BP but we still buy their products and deep down most feel they can do as they please. Keeping up with the Jonses is American culture.

Yes modern family also follow their cultures. i have seen it in India. in India most of the people still believe in different cultures.

The OP is much too vague. The idea of a collective culture outside of some major institutions like a shared language or languages, shared politics and shared religion doesn't really mean anything. People are individuals, even throughout history. Not to simplify things, but almost every culture that has been able to trade with other cultures are in themselves melting pots.

If what you mean by a culture is the elite of what the human experience can offer, than there are a variety of essays that swing both ways in whether or not America has culture.

Maybe culture is just an agreed upon exchange of ideas, which does take place in America. No question. Whether you like the ideas exchanged or not is irrelevent.