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American culture is so pervasive and widespread how is this not just a fan blowing against the wind of a hurricane?
by spamizbad 8y ago
American culture is so pervasive and widespread how is this not just a fan blowing against the wind of a hurricane?
- whatshisface 8y agoI would look at the history of the Soviet union for an example of how brutal authoritarianism can influence the cultural evolution of a people. The Soviets were fairly isolated, and more or less their censorship did work. In China there was also the cultural revolution which wiped out a lot of traditional things. If the brutality of the CCP is sufficient to destroy their own culture, why can't it destroy foreign loan-culture?
- de_watcher 8y ago> American culture is so pervasive and widespread It doesn't happen by itself.
- gumby 8y agoIs it? Even in other English speaking countries, often only a veneer survives. America is the proverbial elephant with a billion blind people touching and describing it. Hell, even people in the US don’t understand what other people are up to.