Absolutely not. I think a lot of the problems we are facing today are because of the commodification of everything, even things which used to be sacred, like religion, history and culture. I've heard modern America be compared to a vast, continent sized shopping mall where people can wander in and peruse at their leisure, purchasing or passing things up with no connection to anything, or each other. After all, what does it mean to be an 'American' anymore? There is no binding social force other than meaningless consumption.
The USA was never meant to be culturally diverse. Racially (and perhaps one day even species) diverse, yes, but they're all expected to share one culture.
Oddly enough, this is baked right the fuck into Zootopia. There are NO CULTURAL DIFFERENCES between ANY of the species shown. They're all basically "American". Contrast this with Beastars, which at least touches on the fact that you're dealing with different creatures who could be expected to be coming from different cultural directions, but are being forced to figure out how to work alongside one another (and you can see how monstrous this expectation actually is.)
Absolutely not. I think a lot of the problems we are facing today are because of the commodification of everything, even things which used to be sacred, like religion, history and culture. I've heard modern America be compared to a vast, continent sized shopping mall where people can wander in and peruse at their leisure, purchasing or passing things up with no connection to anything, or each other. After all, what does it mean to be an 'American' anymore? There is no binding social force other than meaningless consumption.
And without a binding social force, all that "diversity is our strength" completely shatters society.
The USA was never meant to be culturally diverse. Racially (and perhaps one day even species) diverse, yes, but they're all expected to share one culture.
Oddly enough, this is baked right the fuck into Zootopia. There are NO CULTURAL DIFFERENCES between ANY of the species shown. They're all basically "American". Contrast this with Beastars, which at least touches on the fact that you're dealing with different creatures who could be expected to be coming from different cultural directions, but are being forced to figure out how to work alongside one another (and you can see how monstrous this expectation actually is.)