Cultural Map of the World

4 thoughts on “Cultural Map of the World”

1. we know we have a winner when portugal is in latin america and uruguay is in europe.

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2. I know. I was gonna comment on Ireland not being in Catholic Europe but I figured I’d let people figure it out for themselves.

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3. My favorite was Israel colored as Catholic Europe… 🙂

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4. Think it would’ve worked better if they’d used overlapping (Venn-like) sets instead of trying so hard to force everything into a single scheme.

   If you read the decoder-ring (click on the map) it says that

   Societies near the traditional pole emphasize the importance of parent-child ties and deference to authority, along with absolute standards and traditional family values

   How does that square with Japan at the top?

   Still. I applaud the idea and Sweden does seem attractive (they should’ve colour-coded for temperature too). What does this map say about the idea that social-democracy is a step towards tyranny?

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