Originally posted by Oncle Boris
A point that people tend to forget in this thread is that America is always pushing forward to make culture a consumer product like everything else, so that it can be included in trade agreements like the FTAA, or that organizations like the WTC can regulate it.
Many people in the world are happy to trade with the US, but when it comes to culture they are reluctant to treat it as a consumer good, with reason. Of course most Americans, not being on the receiving end of the cultural steamroller can't seem to understand this.
I personnally expect opposition in America to stir up the day Chinese culture starts to spread seriously (that is, if it's not absorbed by capitalism beforehand).
A point that people tend to forget in this thread is that America is always pushing forward to make culture a consumer product like everything else, so that it can be included in trade agreements like the FTAA, or that organizations like the WTC can regulate it.
Many people in the world are happy to trade with the US, but when it comes to culture they are reluctant to treat it as a consumer good, with reason. Of course most Americans, not being on the receiving end of the cultural steamroller can't seem to understand this.
I personnally expect opposition in America to stir up the day Chinese culture starts to spread seriously (that is, if it's not absorbed by capitalism beforehand).

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