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Trump signs order to rename Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Denali (www.theguardian.com)

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Gulf of Mexico to be called Gulf of America, and Denali, highest North American peak, reverts to Mount McKinley

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago

Yeah but the American culture is supposed to be different from those. One of the genuine strengths of American culture is that if the boss tells you to echo some bullshit they came up with, most Americans will either just laugh it off, or if they have to put up with it, they hate it and stop as soon as they're able.

I realize Trump is trying to turn the US into an Iran- or Saudi-style top-down system where the leader tells you what you're allowed to call things. Like I say, he will certainly succeed to some extent, I just can't decide how much or how scared to be about that particular aspect of it.