| > I'm talking about the export of puritanism Sure, technically its government imposed domestic puritanism which isn't exported. I agree its a completely different thing. > The topic was about puritanical beliefs in the US and how its export affects the world Yes, US has its quirks but it's not that exceptional as you are implying. e.g. when it comes to banning/regulated video games Australia is inarguable much more restrictive. Germany also has a history of banning violent video games and its again much worse than the US e.g. https://old.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/ki12if/steam_now_reg... Post "Online Safety Act" UK is not that much better either. US is very tame and less "puritanical" by your definition than those countries. The core difference being that the government can't really regulate it directly so credit card companies might be acting as some sort of a proxy. Or are you implying that US somehow turned Germany and Australia more "puritanical" than itself and there would be no domestic support for censorship there otherwise? |