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Standardisation is the backbone of the Empire, after all.
The reason for this is simple. America uses its stories to export a myth of itself, just like the UK. The reality of Britain is vibrant multi-culturalism, but the myth we export is an all-white world of Lords and Ladies. Conversely, American society is pretty segregated, but the myth they export is of a racial melting-pot solving crimes and fighting aliens side by side.
It’s a reminder that you are a type, whose face says things before your mouth opens. You are a signifier before you are a person.
