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minus-squareforce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down10·edit-27 months agoThey are foreign though, literally. They are from a different province, plus a very different culture. There isn’t much that separates someone from Alberta from someone from Montana or Massachussetts in that case, other than a passport.
minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aucakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down10·7 months agoSo? My neighbour is of a different culture than me, yet I don’t think of them as a foreigner. I could cross the state border and find someone of a different culture in a different state with different laws, they’re still not a foreigner.
They are foreign though, literally. They are from a different province, plus a very different culture. There isn’t much that separates someone from Alberta from someone from Montana or Massachussetts in that case, other than a passport.
So?
My neighbour is of a different culture than me, yet I don’t think of them as a foreigner.
I could cross the state border and find someone of a different culture in a different state with different laws, they’re still not a foreigner.