08-10-2006, 03:31 PM
Plus, there is always a tendency to imitate the dominant culture, and America is represented throughout the rest of the world by its pop culture (it can be argued that america doesn't have any other culture.) Everyone everywhere in the world watches Hollywood movies and hears American music. I thought one of the most symbolic pictures I ever saw was one of people dancing atop the Berlin Wall just before it came down. Every last person on the wall was wearing blue jeans.
Pecunia non olet