The Americanization of the World

The American economy is an ever-present force in the world today. Pepsi ads now clutter the streets of every big city in China, Big Macs are being ordered throughout the entire world, and the term "Always Coca-Cola" is being muttered by all of Europe, although they have no idea what the phrase means. Have we gone too far in our economic Americanization of the world?

Americanization is not only changing the world, but also causing wrong judgments to be made about American life. In a recent French poll of images that come to mind when thinking of America, 67% of those polled said "violence" and 49% "inequality" as opposed to only 20% who said "freedom" and 4% "generosity". In Europe, Americans are stereotyped by globalization as being shallow, spoiled, and shortsighted.

Comment: We think that this has gone too far! We are loosing our identity by tanking America's culture! And that is a shame because America don't have one real and unique culture: it's a combo of people and races, religions, ...
So we think that there is no problem with taking some ideas of other countries, but trying to adapt them to our culture instead of copying them. We should keep our roots and maintain our originality and our dignity! The world only moves while there are different ideas to be discussed.