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I think they just mean it's irrelevant to them. I'm a US native and I'm sure I'd find it annoying. In fact, sometimes I'd be annoyed on reddit that so much of the content was about the US. I like that lemmy is more of a melting pot.
I think the US may account for the largest demographic on lemmy still due to the reddit exodus, but it seems to be much less pronounced here on lemmy at the very least.
But news of a major political entity like a state government is world news.
State as in national? Sure.
State as in US subdivision? Nah.
Y'all might care what Westminster or the Bundestag or maybe Brussels say, but about what comes out of the state capital of Wyoming, I couldn't fathom giving any less of a fuck than I already do. Which is none.
Why should the California government matter less than the Lithuania? It has a much higher population, much more of a cultural influence globally, and a much bigger economy.