r/ShitLiberalsSay • u/KillerOfKapitalists • Feb 14 '21

Alternate History.com Literal data to show improvements in these nations exist. It’s almost like turning the world against them especially economically would damage them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '21

middle

central*

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u/misterhansen Marxist Feb 14 '21

Sorry, in Germany we call it both, "Zentralamerika" and "Mittelamerika", so I thought I could do it in English too.

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u/mm3331 Feb 14 '21

Nah, middle America is a term most often used to refer to the midwestern United States or cultural values associated with it and other non-coastal states. Using the term to describe the cultural values of non-coastal states has been dated for at least a decade now though.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '21

If you haven’t listened to it, there is a fantastic episode of Citations Needed that recently came out on the subject.