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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
It's not what's exported that worries me, it's what's consumed at home.
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How are they different? Why would anyone import if not to consume?
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Do you mean "garbage" as in American Idol-CSI-Jessica Simpson-type garbage, or the more toxic kind that carries messages of perceived American superiority? What specifically did you have in mind that would generate such hatred? Does it involve and/or inspire chest-beating, perhaps?
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I was being tongue-in-cheek when I said that...
It don't think it matters whether it is pop culture, high culture or just information (such as news and magazines). The point is that American culture is spread via vast network of sources. It arrives in foreign nations without the original context (i.e. it is consumed by people who don't have the same context as say an American sitting in Sherman Oaks would have).
This goes without even getting into cultural imperialism, which raises a whole other kettle of fish.