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This idea that we used to have a unified culture, but now we've been "balkanized" is a myth. If anything, we're more homoginized than ever. Today, I can travel to another city, and barely notice the difference. What's the point in traveling if things are going to be the same? There was a blip in time where people all watched the same TV shows and all listened to the same music. But it wasn only a blip, and couldn't - and in my opinion shouldn't - last.
We don't all read them same books, after all. TV shows require an audience of millions. Books don't. If people complain that having many channels contributes to balkanization, then what of books, which are even more diverse than the number of cable channels?
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