Does The Spread Of American Culture Have To Be A Bad Thing?

Everything is connected in one way or another on a global level. American culture dominates as an example for globalization. So many different things have mixed and mashed and molded together creating American Popular Culture. Although, Americans shouldn’t take full credit for originality in all of their widespread ideas as they are a melting pot of other worldwide ideas. This is a good thing, and a bad thing. Following points will discuss opposition to cultural globalization, impact of American globalization, protection from globalization, filtered cultures, loss of influence, and personal beliefs on the effect of American popular culture. Why does the spread of one culture have to be a bad thing? American culture is widespread and has …show more content…
Many places are adopting American ideas, yet they might not have the same conditions as we do here so they slightly alter them to match their own circumstances. Some countries are taking their own twists on things, like our fast food chains. McDonald’s is one of the most common places in the world. There is not much alterations done to this worldwide, but not every Mcdonald’s will have the same menu because they might not be able to produce some of the things the McDonald’s in America do due to lack of resources. Another thing that may vary in different countries would be sports. They may have the same general idea, yet not every exact detail, like rules and regulations, may be the same. This is just a slight example on how somethings are ‘filtered’ in a certain area to fit local …show more content…
Everyone is going to have an opinion on if it is a good thing or a bad thing. My personal beliefs are that it is having a negative effect on other cultures. The spread of our music, movie, and other things are virtually taking over all aspects of the world. We are taking over the world little at a time brainwashing people with what we call music, and entertainment is being taken in by other people worldwide and replacing what they have always known. That might be the goal, but why? People have always been raised and taught to preserve their culture and anymore its hard when teens and adolescents rebel taking on their own ideas and just trying to create a life for themselves culture seems to be disappearing and where it is still present is kept under a tight hold for now, but who knows what the future holds. I personally believe we should just lay off and keep things to ourselves and let the world create for themselves what they think is