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   augustus pugin 🌖 (augustus@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 10:46:40 JST augustus pugin 🌖
   England has Arthurian Legend for its myths
   America has....
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     @augustus Paul Bunyan?

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     御園はくい (hakui@tuusin.misono-ya.info)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 10:46:52 JST 御園はくい

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     「CM VRISKA」 (vriska@lizards.live)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 10:47:18 JST 「CM VRISKA」

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     @ryan @augustus bigfoot, john henry, mothman. skinwalkers. all the tens of thousands of different native american folklore mythologies, etc

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     Encyclopædia Autistica (Order Now!) (mrsaturday@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 10:48:12 JST Encyclopædia Autistica (Order Now!)

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     𝕾𝖎𝖗 𝕽𝖞𝖆𝖓 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖒𝖆𝖘 (ryan@fxe.io)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 10:49:07 JST 𝕾𝖎𝖗 𝕽𝖞𝖆𝖓 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖒𝖆𝖘

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     @vriska @augustus Don't forget pecos bill, the marlboro man, and the cowboys from those pace picante salsa commercials from the 90s

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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 10:49:45 JST Blurry Moon

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     @ryan @vriska @augustus "tall tales" is a fairly unique american storytelling tradition. not totally unique, but the american spin is
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     Maroon (maroon@clew.lol)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 10:57:07 JST Maroon

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     We used to have tons of legends, about cowboys and mountain men and lumberjacks and lakemen and river men etc. It however was right in it's final stage of development when mass media, radio and eventually tv, arrived and one shot the cultural development of Americans. Americas age of legend was only 200 and some odd years ago, the myths were still being writen. It wasn't just chance, there was a very intentional move away from folk stories to cosmopolitan fiction. One of the most tragic events in history, so many rich cultures cut down right as they were about to finalize.
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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 10:58:03 JST Blurry Moon

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     @Maroon @augustus paul bunyan, andy griffith, etc don't help you sell sneakers
     
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_purge
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     Nudhul (nudhul@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 11:03:06 JST Nudhul

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     @sun @Maroon @augustus >By 1966, industry executives were lamenting the lack of diversity in American television
     
     gamergate did this
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     augustus pugin 🌖 (augustus@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 11:03:33 JST augustus pugin 🌖

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     @Maroon The anti-federalists did nothing wrong
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     Maroon (maroon@clew.lol)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 11:03:34 JST Maroon

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     The federal governments founding was a big mess and the official history you learn in school is a much cleaned up version.
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     augustus pugin 🌖 (augustus@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 11:03:35 JST augustus pugin 🌖

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     @Maroon I was thinking about how silly it would be for Americans to have myths about a legendary king from their past since their whole deal is based around not liking kings due to the PTSD they had with a particular one
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     Maroon (maroon@clew.lol)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 11:03:35 JST Maroon

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     Eh, it's not quite that simple. Early American Christianity is puritan Christianity, and their dislike of the church of England led to the anti-king sentiment, but it wasn't nearly as wide spread as is now taught; it was in fact the political trend among the ruling class, not the folk that led to the no kings idea. American peasants were calling George Washington 'Your mMajesty' and in all but name treating him as a king, it was at his request that they called him and all future presidents Mr. President. The constitution and the structure of the federal government was also highly contested, it was the liberal freemasons (as was the style among the rich at the time) who won out; and not without quite undemocratic shenanagins! Modern Americans have been brainwashed with Democratic ideals their whole lives, but one look at how much importance is placed on the head of state as opposed to say, the much more important subprime court and you'll see that autocratic rule in it's nature isn't at all unappealing, just the words and forms we've been taught to hate.
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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 11:04:20 JST Blurry Moon

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     @Maroon @augustus I hate Alexander Hamilton
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     Maroon (maroon@clew.lol)'s status on Wednesday, 27-May-2026 11:21:03 JST Maroon

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     They could have made Paul Bunyan sneakers (or more likely at the time cigarettes), but they wouldn't sell in the south. They needed a standardized narrative across all locales. And characters that they own is a nice bonus.
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