throughout history cultures grow and die. why is the american cultural imperialism a bad thing? it is merely competing for the hearts and minds of the world's population. if people want to watch seinfeld on their satellite TVs, drink coke and play computer games, who is to say they can't? why would a "multipolar regional system" (whatever that means) be any better?

people arent forced into accepting cultural imperialism, it is an inherently democratic procedure. amercia wouldn't be dominating particular areas of culture if other societies had equally appealing aspects to their own cultures in which to revel and export and influence the rest of the world with.

the perception that cultures a priori deserve preservation goes against the history of social evolution. cultures should be dynamic and responsive to change, not to maintain antiquated belief systems or structures which can be counter-productive to social advacement.

as soon as another society produces something like star wars, battlestar galactica, supreme commander (PC) or gridiron, im more than happy to jump ship. until then, i'll keep enjoying the (good) popular culture that is shipped out from the good ol US of A

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN throughout history cultures grow and die. why is the american cultural imperialism a bad thing? it is merely competing for the hearts and minds of the world's population. if people want to watch seinfeld on their satellite TVs, drink coke and play computer games, who is to say they can't? why would a "multipolar regional system" (whatever that means) be any better? people arent forced into accepting cultural imperialism, it is an inherently democratic procedure. amercia wouldn't be dominating particular areas of culture if other societies had equally appealing aspects to their own cultures in which to revel and export and influence the rest of the world with. the perception that cultures a priori deserve preservation goes against the history of social evolution. cultures should be dynamic and responsive to change, not to maintain antiquated belief systems or structures which can be counter-productive to social advacement. as soon as another society produces something like star wars, battlestar galactica, supreme commander (PC) or gridiron, im more than happy to jump ship. until then, i'll keep enjoying the (good) popular culture that is shipped out from the good ol US of A

yep yep!

But then you get wackos saying our media is designed to brainwash the world.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN throughout history cultures grow and die. why is the american cultural imperialism a bad thing? it is merely competing for the hearts and minds of the world's population. if people want to watch seinfeld on their satellite TVs, drink coke and play computer games, who is to say they can't? why would a "multipolar regional system" (whatever that means) be any better? people arent forced into accepting cultural imperialism, it is an inherently democratic procedure. amercia wouldn't be dominating particular areas of culture if other societies had equally appealing aspects to their own cultures in which to revel and export and influence the rest of the world with. the perception that cultures a priori deserve preservation goes against the history of social evolution. cultures should be dynamic and responsive to change, not to maintain antiquated belief systems or structures which can be counter-productive to social advacement. as soon as another society produces something like star wars, battlestar galactica, supreme commander (PC) or gridiron, im more than happy to jump ship. until then, i'll keep enjoying the (good) popular culture that is shipped out from the good ol US of A

Ick... Us Americans have the worst habits. I prefer a jean-luc godard movie over star wars any day, anyway.

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