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Don't virtually every other country have domestic production quotas (I know Canada does which is why there are a ton of canadian pop stars who made it in the US
by AtlasBarfed 5y ago
Don't virtually every other country have domestic production quotas (I know Canada does which is why there are a ton of canadian pop stars who made it in the US) for their airwaves?
I think it's actually a very very good thing. Global monoculture enabled by the internet and financed by multinational corporations is wiping out cultural diversity.
I do not want McDonalds everywhere. McDonalds corporation of course does. Me? I like my Chicken Tikka.
- selestify 5y agoI would argue that this is not really reducing global monoculture, but changing the flavor of it to include more variety from around the world. But I agree that it's a good thing, regardless.
- asiachick 5y agoseems like thought control to me. If I want to watch movies from other countries why shouldn't I be able to? Why does some committee get to decide what media will and won't be presented to me and let me make my own choice? I choose not to go to McDonalds but I wouldn't dream for forcing others not to go. I choose to watch movies from lots of countries too but I wouldn't force others to do so. It's telling that Korea supposedly took over here. Given your narrative this should have been impossible.
- hiptobecubic 5y agoThink of it more like tearing down the moat that makes it impractical for these local media industries to operate. Walmart moves into a town and kills everything else not because it's just better, but because it has advantages of scale.