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US Politics 13h
Why is the US considered a western country when we have some of the furthest east land in the entire eastern hemisphere?
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Anonymous 13h

Effectively Eurocentrism, “the global West” is Western Europe + those aligned with them, and “the East” is basically everyone else

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Anonymous 13h

Eh we call Russia eastern and they have the furthest west land in the western hemisphere

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13h

Australia for example is considered "Western"

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