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I mean people still listen to your phone calls even in western countries and egg is looking to become a luxury item.
Well you are comparing one totalitarian regime to another. The US is no longer a „western” country.
Why is the US not considered Western anymore?
Nah, it totally is. Being western isn't signified by "Good Values" it's signified by its location on the map.
And cultural-geopolitical factors.
Plenty of western countries are located in the eastern hemisphere. Australia is considered a western country...
Yeah they often get coined with that term because they have "Western Values" or come under the influence of western countries.
That’s why I put western in quotes. It’s a dumb but helpful classification like the „first world”.