World Culture

5 posts ยท Nov 30 2001 to Dec 1 2001

From: KH.Ranitzsch@t... (K.H.Ranitzsch)

Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 14:21:33 +0100 (MET)

Subject: Re: World Culture

John Atkinson schrieb:
> Oddly enough, American culture is the world culture.

Volume as per number of people belonging to it? Chinese, Indian and Latino
cultures probably are similar if not bigger
on that count. ;-)

And American culture has a talent for absorbing and redistributing elements of
other cultures, whether Pizza, Hamburger or Sushi; Manga, Musicals or Fairy
Tales. Not neccesarily a bad thing.

Greetings

From: Popeyesays@a...

Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 08:50:31 EST

Subject: Re: World Culture

In a message dated 11/30/01 7:26:39 AM Central Standard Time,
> KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de writes:

> And American culture has a talent for absorbing and redistributing

Sounds like a philosophy that needs a name. How about: "Amalgamism".

From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@m...>

Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 10:39:41 -0500

Subject: Re: World Culture

> At 8:50 AM -0500 11/30/01, Popeyesays@aol.com wrote:

You misspelled that. Its 'Americanism'...

From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@y...>

Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 09:01:16 -0800 (PST)

Subject: Re: World Culture

> --- KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de wrote:

Yes, but if we delete all the illiterates (I don't count anyone who can't at
least read as being much more than pack animals) then the US is back in the
running.

> And American culture has a talent for absorbing and

Yes, well it prevents us from getting sort of tunnel vision that leads to
declaring all art other than what is currently popular with the political
elite to be "Degenerate".

From: KH.Ranitzsch@t... (K.H.Ranitzsch)

Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 19:10:03 +0100

Subject: Re: World Culture

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