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Yes, Europe is very diverse. (in the original sense of the meaning) However, this is almost a shared European value which OP describes, except maybe in parts of the UK. The whole hyper-individualistic identity-based thinking (luckily, I'd say) didn't really get a hold in Europe, the whole "you can search for a recipe for meth, this is horrible and should be censored" line of thought is just outside the Overton window of most Europeans.

So yes, while you can't really generalise Europeans in the same way, this is almost a perfect counterexample to that.



I don't think it's hyper-individualistic. In fact, it's the opposite of that. It groups people by random characteristics and then it describes "identity" as the collection of these characteristics, rather than something unique to each of us.

It's anti-individualistic, if anything.




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