well beeman when we start wearing traditional chinese clothing every day and eating chow mein 4 times a week hmu

>america owns burgers, t-shirts
Ok

I think the point of things not transferring was summed up best by the Slavs having white privilege thing

i'd say jeans more than t-shirts, but t-shirts also to a lesser degree

Like, I've been told I have white privilege. I'm an Irishman in a city where Irish guys have been killed by gangs for being Irish

I don't have privilege because I'm white, yknow

my best friend has been told he has white privilege and he's literally 0% white

>many "American" products didnt originate in America
>if you use them that's American culture

Yeah, like, applying judgements observed in one culture across all people of the same race is... well, racist

American culture seems more about attitude anyway

That's what I was getting at yeah

i mean, the majority of the american population didn't originate in america either

From the outside, it's about freedom, patriotism and standing up against injustice

Commercial output != cultural export

If I buy a Honda it's not necessarily because I'm keen on the culture, I just wanted a cheap car

i mean, obviously

is exporting art not exporting culture?

When you see people adopting the values and aesthetic preferences you have, that's more grounded

if a jap buys mcdonalds it's not because they want to be americanu, they just want some food

McDonalds also serves regional food too

are ex-pats just culture exports of another country?

they do

just like chinese food here has a lot of shit that they don't have in china

The arts is different because the arts are inherently reflective of the culture they're from, industry is about appealing to a mass audience so a strong national identity is only good for touristic appeal

You can export cultural signifiers, yeah, but the export of culture itself is based around behavior and attitude

so ex-pats and duel citizens are cultural exports

new insult for immigrates

"go home you culture export"

In a sense, but the expectation is that they assimilate to an extent

Yeah, integration into a culture is paramount

You shouldn't really be going to another country to export your culture

It's rude

Chinese food in the US did not originate in china, but it did originate from Chinese immigrates, designed for local tastes

Sure

And that's where the modifications happen

its not american culture thats taking over the world, its consumer culture of the post industrial revolution

The expansion of products and ideas, built around the same core cultural values

specifically for around things like Christmas, where everywhere would be closed but the Chinese restaurants

Rather than the product itself

very capitalist/american of them

Or the simple extension of a corporate chain