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> Yeah, that isn't really happening. The era of the US exporting food preferences was short lived, mostly at the 90's. I've traveled a bit since the 90s ended

> Yeah, that isn't really happening. The era of the US exporting food preferences was short lived, mostly at the 90's. I've traveled a bit since the 90s ended and I can say your statement is simply false. The proliferation of mcdonald's, burger king, starbucks, dunkin donuts has grown exponentially since the 90s. These companies' financial statements backs this up. > And well, stores are dying, so that's off too. Local stores are dying and being replaced by multinationals. > clothes haven't actually homogenized any more in centuries (I'm not sure if there's room for it) Here is just an image of an ASEAN meeting ( south east asian leaders meeting ). https://media.philstar.com/images/articles/duts-asean-leaders_2018-04-28_18-22-08.jpg https://media.philstar.com/images/articles/duts-asean-leader... Looks very "globally" homogenized to me. Not local, nor diverse. > Overall, 20th and 21th century globalization has been a huge force for enabling local diversity at the expense of global one Just like the growth of amazon led to the diversity of local bookstores? A pillar of globalization is scale/size and its derivative efficiency. Globalization, by definition, cannot lead to local diversity. It destroys local diversity in the name of scale, size and efficiency.

iamflimflam1 3y ago
Correct - Starbucks is everywhere.
TeMPOraL 3y ago
> The proliferation of mcdonald's, burger king, starbucks, dunkin donuts has grown exponentially since the 90s. And I couldn't be more happy about it, as McD and KFC are two isles of stability and sanity amongst the sea of culinary randomness. No matter where I am, if the local inventions don't sit well with me, I know the nearest global fast food franchise provides me with a line of retreat, a safe baseline.
- slowmovintarget 3y ago
  I think the chains have figured out the food equivalent of i18n and l10n. For instance, the McAloo Tikki Burger in India, and the McSpicy Paneer I hear good things about. Perhaps I'll try them next time, though I tend to prefer real Indian food when I'm there.
  - TeMPOraL 3y ago
    I might test that one day too, however what I referred to in the previous comment is the exact opposite. The cheeseburger, french fries, McNuggets, barbecue sauce, etc. - the staples which are available approximately everywhere in the world, and taste more-less the same. It's a baseline of somewhat decent food I already know. A safe haven - especially when I'm stuck half-way across the globe, and somehow, out of every local place I could eat lunch in, McD and KFC are the two serving the least raw sugar in their meals.
marcosdumay 3y ago
Personally, I have never set foot in a place where Mc Donalds et. al. was the center of the culinary scenario. Not even on the US (Starbucks is relevant at the US, and the US alone, those other ones aren't). And "These companies' financial statements backs this up." is just confusing large total numbers with market share. Those are two completely different things. > Local stores are dying and being replaced by multinationals. You mean grocery stores? Those died a while ago. Retail stores are being replaced by e-commerce. > Just like the growth of amazon led to the diversity of local bookstores? No. Just like the growth of Amazon led to the diversity of books, from whatever locality.
- Turing_Machine 3y ago
  > Personally, I have never set foot in a place where Mc Donalds et. al. was the center of the culinary scenario. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241898/most-popular-restaurant-chains-france/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241898/most-popular-res... "The large American fast-food chain, McDonald's, was the most popular among French people in 2019, as 48 percent of them visited it at least once in the past six months when surveyed."

iamflimflam1 3y ago

Correct - Starbucks is everywhere.

TeMPOraL 3y ago

> The proliferation of mcdonald's, burger king, starbucks, dunkin donuts has grown exponentially since the 90s. And I couldn't be more happy about it, as McD and KFC are two isles of stability and sanity amongst the sea of culinary randomness. No matter where I am, if the local inventions don't sit well with me, I know the nearest global fast food franchise provides me with a line of retreat, a safe baseline.

slowmovintarget 3y ago
I think the chains have figured out the food equivalent of i18n and l10n. For instance, the McAloo Tikki Burger in India, and the McSpicy Paneer I hear good things about. Perhaps I'll try them next time, though I tend to prefer real Indian food when I'm there.
- TeMPOraL 3y ago
  I might test that one day too, however what I referred to in the previous comment is the exact opposite. The cheeseburger, french fries, McNuggets, barbecue sauce, etc. - the staples which are available approximately everywhere in the world, and taste more-less the same. It's a baseline of somewhat decent food I already know. A safe haven - especially when I'm stuck half-way across the globe, and somehow, out of every local place I could eat lunch in, McD and KFC are the two serving the least raw sugar in their meals.

marcosdumay 3y ago

Personally, I have never set foot in a place where Mc Donalds et. al. was the center of the culinary scenario. Not even on the US (Starbucks is relevant at the US, and the US alone, those other ones aren't). And "These companies' financial statements backs this up." is just confusing large total numbers with market share. Those are two completely different things. > Local stores are dying and being replaced by multinationals. You mean grocery stores? Those died a while ago. Retail stores are being replaced by e-commerce. > Just like the growth of amazon led to the diversity of local bookstores? No. Just like the growth of Amazon led to the diversity of books, from whatever locality.

Turing_Machine 3y ago
> Personally, I have never set foot in a place where Mc Donalds et. al. was the center of the culinary scenario. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241898/most-popular-restaurant-chains-france/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241898/most-popular-res... "The large American fast-food chain, McDonald's, was the most popular among French people in 2019, as 48 percent of them visited it at least once in the past six months when surveyed."