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The rest of the world should be aggressively promoting their culture, values and language, just like the US. Japan is doing a very good job of that with the pro
by Popegaf 5y ago
The rest of the world should be aggressively promoting their culture, values and language, just like the US. Japan is doing a very good job of that with the proliferation of weebs, but others are not.
Europe barely exports any culture or media - especially in their own languages. Most things EU are regionally locked and if they aren't, they are behind paywalls or accessible through American networks. Were I to try and watch Polish TV shows, it would most likely happen over Netflix or Amazon. It's barely possible to browse their shows in English nor can most services be paid for using non-Polish payment means (except maybe VISA&Mastercard).
That's just Europe. I'm sure China has some great shows and movies, probably Russia has too but finding them and accessing them is entirely different issue. Even knowing what exists is difficult.
The U.S is at the top of their propaganda game while the rest of the world is acting like a bunch of amateurs.
- rsj_hn 5y agoI've gotten into Israeli TV recently. You can watch Fauda on Netflix. There are some pretty cool shows out there.
- dmitriid 5y agoSurprisingly, Netflix may be one of the forces to make people aware of other cultures, as they have been busy buying and funding local content all over the world.
- flohofwoe 5y agoDon't you have access to satellite TV? For instance ASTRA is full of international TV channels. And in the past, shortwave radio was the equivalent, you could receive radio stations from (nearly) all over the world.
- Popegaf 5y agoI'm honestly surprised that it's still a thing. TV hasn't been part of my subscriptions, household or connection (no TV cables in the house) for more than a decade. I don't know a single person over the age of 60 with a TV subscription or connection.
- iagovar 5y agoSpain does export culture and media, and is not that difficult to watch, and if you don't want to use Netflix or Amazon you'll be fine. The thing is that english is lingua franca, and there's quite a lot of people in the anglosphere who's aware of this fact and actively tries to influence foreign countries. In the past it was mostly leaning towards free-market ideas, nowadays is mostly this american social-liberalism brand. There's intellectual feedback between Latin-America and Spain for example, but it's nowhere near in volume nor intentions.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoKorea created a kpop generation with a government grant.
- fomine3 5y agoFor Japan, government won't do good things to export our recent culture like Game, Manga, Anime. They has been exported well without government's support, but maybe thanks to company and community's effort. (Traditional culture is different story)