# Global Monoculture

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-monoculture/143887>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 19, 2002, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-monoculture/143887 "2002-12-19T20:35:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![dal\_timgar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@dal\_timgar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dal_timgar)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-monoculture/143887/21 "2002-12-20T21:28:18Z")

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at what point does TECHNOLOGY become the global monoculture and we are in the process of figuring out how to integrate technology with the evolving pretechnology cultures?

are we going to have a power struggle between a decentralized internet influence and a centralized television influence?

Dal Timgar

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-monoculture/143887/22 "2002-12-20T21:52:05Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Padeye \*  
> Easy to say if you aren’t a small town merchant whose business was killed by a Wal-Mart in a nearby town. \*\*

I guess I don’t care about that guy. I care more about buying a cheap rake.

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