Although this song in itself is against the spread of American culture to other countries, I don't think it should be taken too personally by Americans themselves and I don't think people should assume the song is bashing Americans or their culture. Every country has it's own culture, but a lot of people within the culture are interested with foreign cultures as well. Everybody probably has a friend who is (or are themselves) very interested in Japanese, Russian, German, or any other culture to the point that they are obsessed. Every country has that.
The problem this song brings up is that America is a very strong nation politically and economically, so their products and culture ends up being the most accessible foreign culture in other countries and a lot of the youth emulate the American culture to the point of rejecting their own. This in itself is bad for nationalism and social structures within the countries. It also causes gaps in societies and breaks down the group solidarity, since the national image of a country fades away. I think this song is more of a warning to the people within the countries to remember their culture and strive to keep their national image to keep their country independent and strong, rather than telling Americans how horrible they are either individually or en masse. It really is up to the individual if they will buy into American culture or not.
Although, speaking on a National level when it does come to war... it would be nice if America would quit threatening economic disasters to countries who don't want to join them in their battles. Seriously, the connection with the missile defence system and Canadian cattle being banned is still very suspicious. Especially since the mad cow here was from America.
@reikogirl You still feel this way? The Korean War wasn't worth it. You realize we'd have no South Korea if we had not intervened. Stopping has left us with a psycho with a nuke and that is because China cleverly dragged things out on a negation level until North Korea was close enough to having them. So Mr. 2009 who has never served in office... still hate America? How about the vast majority of the middle east where women remain slaves? Send some food to Africa. Get off the comp and do something real.
@reikogirl You still feel this way? The Korean War wasn't worth it. You realize we'd have no South Korea if we had not intervened. Stopping has left us with a psycho with a nuke and that is because China cleverly dragged things out on a negation level until North Korea was close enough to having them. So Mr. 2009 who has never served in office... still hate America? How about the vast majority of the middle east where women remain slaves? Send some food to Africa. Get off the comp and do something real.
Although this song in itself is against the spread of American culture to other countries, I don't think it should be taken too personally by Americans themselves and I don't think people should assume the song is bashing Americans or their culture. Every country has it's own culture, but a lot of people within the culture are interested with foreign cultures as well. Everybody probably has a friend who is (or are themselves) very interested in Japanese, Russian, German, or any other culture to the point that they are obsessed. Every country has that. The problem this song brings up is that America is a very strong nation politically and economically, so their products and culture ends up being the most accessible foreign culture in other countries and a lot of the youth emulate the American culture to the point of rejecting their own. This in itself is bad for nationalism and social structures within the countries. It also causes gaps in societies and breaks down the group solidarity, since the national image of a country fades away. I think this song is more of a warning to the people within the countries to remember their culture and strive to keep their national image to keep their country independent and strong, rather than telling Americans how horrible they are either individually or en masse. It really is up to the individual if they will buy into American culture or not. Although, speaking on a National level when it does come to war... it would be nice if America would quit threatening economic disasters to countries who don't want to join them in their battles. Seriously, the connection with the missile defence system and Canadian cattle being banned is still very suspicious. Especially since the mad cow here was from America.
@reikogirl You still feel this way? The Korean War wasn't worth it. You realize we'd have no South Korea if we had not intervened. Stopping has left us with a psycho with a nuke and that is because China cleverly dragged things out on a negation level until North Korea was close enough to having them. So Mr. 2009 who has never served in office... still hate America? How about the vast majority of the middle east where women remain slaves? Send some food to Africa. Get off the comp and do something real.
@reikogirl You still feel this way? The Korean War wasn't worth it. You realize we'd have no South Korea if we had not intervened. Stopping has left us with a psycho with a nuke and that is because China cleverly dragged things out on a negation level until North Korea was close enough to having them. So Mr. 2009 who has never served in office... still hate America? How about the vast majority of the middle east where women remain slaves? Send some food to Africa. Get off the comp and do something real.