[rat87]

But we're not like the EU We are a single nation

[int_19h]

Speaking as a foreigner who immigrated to the US, I don't see Americans as a single nation. Maybe that was the case at some point in the past, but there are too many cultural divisions by now that transcend compatriotism.

[iammisc]

It was never the case. If anything Americans are more homogeneous now than ever.

[techbio]

Interesting but counterintuitive, at least to me. How do you determine homogeneity is this sense? What evidence suggests this to you?

[iammisc]

The rise of national chain stores and mass media.

In the past, if you traveled from San Francisco to new Orleans you would experience an entirely different set of stores, a new dialect, new customs, and frankly a new language.

Even the difference between California and Oregon is stark. California being mainly Hispanic and Oregon being mainly Nordic and with lots of Slavic influence. The names change and even the languages do.

I'd never see Russian in California but it's a regular occurrence in Oregon.

EDIT: By no means am I suggesting though that Americans do not have fondness for one another. I just think the relationship between a rural Alabaman and an urban Californian is more like the relationship between two citizens of differing EU countries. We certainly have a shared culture of sorts, and we will defend each other in the face of non-Americans, but there are cultural differences that cannot be simply glossed over.

[kown7]

As others have noted, here's good argument why USA isn't a nation: https://acoup.blog/2021/07/02/collections-my-country-isnt-a-...