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    8 days ago

    Often, yes. Particularly when trying to attribute characteristics across multiple nations as diverse as Europe. From Romania, to France, to Malta, to Luxembourg, to Portugal, to Finland, and everything in between. The EU is not a homogenous entity with a homogenous people. Particularly if you’re talking about pre-internet generations where media was much more localised and English as the lingua franca was far less established.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misuse_of_statistics