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Originally Posted by isaidso
People are drawn to spectacle. The UAE does it with their cities, the Brits do it with their pomp and pageantry, the Yanks do it with college football and their NYE celebrations in Times Square, the North Koreans do it with their military parades. It's one thing we're terrible at.
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For a couple of the countries you mentioned, spectacle is
all they have.
Anyway, the whole notion of spectacle seems contrary to the down-to-earth attitude that often characterizes the Canadian identity.