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Originally Posted by Ledgem
"The West" has two meanings. The first is purely geographical (lands located in the West), but more commonly it seems to be used in terms of Western culture. Hence Australia is considered part of "the West" even though geographically it's part of Oceania, and Japan and South Korea are occasionally grouped in with "the West" even though they're geographically in the East and are Asian nations. (They're also Asian cultures, but culturally speaking they're more Westernized than other nations - it's a relative comparison.)
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Thank you for that description.
But I wonder still if Africa and South America are considered "Western" culture by these unwritten rules?