There are also positive aspects of culture. Art is an expression of culture. The art of one culture is difficult to understand for people of another, because it

There are also positive aspects of culture. Art is an expression of culture. The art of one culture is difficult to understand for people of another, because it's a form of language, and the art communicates an idea through that language. So when our employers talk about the company's "culture", what I hear is "make your existence, make the fabric of your being, about work." Both excellent points. You're right that there is good in culture as well. My objection isn't so much with culture in general as with forced culture. Culture is emergent, except when under totalitarian or clerical control.