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by blfr 13 days ago
Some good takes so I hate to be glib but no one because 1. the US was founded long after the invention of writing and even the printing press plus 2. bronze age morality and worldview are completely alien to us in ways that no subculture in the US is.
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moate 13 days ago
The article references "England has Shakespeare (1600s), Spain has Certantes (1600s) Russia has Pushkin (1800s)" whom I assume are intended as their nations' versions.

You going to stand on your statement with that as a reference? We're closer to Pushkin than Pushkin was to Homer.

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FeteCommuniste 13 days ago
Heh, we're closer to the Beowulf poet than the Beowulf poet was to Homer.
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