World Consumption Of American Culture Analysis

World Consumption of American Culture The world is consumed by American culture. Why, you ask? It’s because according to America, those who aren’t democratic and capitalist are wrong. For the past 80 years it hasn’t been America trying to learn from its mistakes, it has been America dominating its political, economic, and wartime opponents no matter the playing field. On the surface it may seem that this is good for the US, but for others who don’t want to play along, they’ve got a problem on their hands. “Freedom,” as we Americans know it, is exactly how it sounds. You may do whatever you want (inside the law), think what you want, say what you want, wear what you want (as long as it’s not nothing). It also comes with a side note of “to be free you must be democratic, capitalist, and aware that whatever you say can be used against you in court of law.” Countries, populations who don’t necessarily want …show more content…
We are ignorant and we know it, yet we refuse to change anything. Some say that Americanization is the result of worldly cultural changes, and some say that it is the cause of the latter (Havrilesky). It may very well have an effect on Muslim culture, as many are angry at the depiction of Islamic belief by Hollywood. When someone is angry, they will want to stop whatever is making them angry. If it is much harder to stop than expected, they might turn to radical options to shut it down. That’s a pretty basic analogy, but it reigns very true. But can you blame them? Imagine having what you’ve grown up to believe and know and love be slandered by the most influential figure you can think of, and there be only a few extreme ways to (hopefully) make it stop. I know I would absolutely despise that