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> Imagine if every state in the US did this, what Netflix would look like. 30% of movies in Indiana need to be created in Indiana. Netflix would suck, ha.

Europe is much more culturally diverse than the US. This is what this regulation is about.

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The US is incredibly culturally diverse, it's a nation of immigrants from all over the world. It's just not delineated by state. There are geographic pockets of one culture or another, but frequently a single geographical area has many different cultures in it, so it isn't as easy to draw a line around your culture and make laws to protect it. A culture lives and dies on its own efforts and merits.

It is not as diverse for major film. Most of the film in the US comes from Hollywood.

So? Walk onto a set and I bet you'll find people from every continent except Antarctica there. People born on those continents too, not just descendants.

So?

- What language do they speak?

- What cultural nuances are they bringing to their films? Local food, local culture?

99% of US films have little to do with international perspectives, much less with local cultures.

A black man eating a Big Mac is a person eating a Big Mac, no matter how black he is.

I disagree. This entire line of thought is just ridiculous prejudice. If you think the US film industry is entirely represented by the 20 or so big blockbusters that come out each year, and that somehow the hundreds of smaller and independent movies don't count, that's your problem. Just because you haven't heard of them doesn't mean they don't exist.

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