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Originally Posted by Capsicum
Do you anticipate anglo-dominant multiculturalism or Anglo-American driven globalization is here to stay for the long haul?
There's the idea that as non-western countries (eg. China and India, but even in the long-term, countries in Africa) modernize, Anglo-American culture will no longer choose the way globalization happens on their own terms. The majority of the world's population is after all, not western.
But it still feels like Anglo-American culture is still the gatekeeper of "what's hip" in the world. Yes, countries do pick up on other countries' cultures without having an Anglo-American intermediary (eg. Bollywood becoming popular in other non-western countries or places like eastern Europe (but that could be back in the day during the Cold War when the western side was less able to penetrate the barrier), or say East Asia and the Middle East and Latin America watching one anothers' soap operas and dramas on TV), but it still feels like American cultural domination still sets the stage for what's popular.
It seems it'd be really unlikely to have, say Indian cinema becoming popular in Toronto among white Torontonians, while being unpopular among white New Yorkers, or white Vancouverites watching dubbed or subtitled East Asian TV shows much more that white Seattleites.
Multiculturalism seems mainly limited to food and festivals, even most non-Anglosphere (or non-American approved for that matter) movies (the language barrier is obviously one real factor but subtitles and dubbed films obviously exist) beyond some small niches (or ethnic markets) have a hard time breaking into markets even in places that are renowned multicultural hubs.
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Multiculturalism across political borders as we know it today is basically an offshoot of the British Empire and the Pax Americana hegemony that succeeded it.
I doubt that something of that reciprocal nature is ever the original intent of cultural imperialism (main goal = civilize the savages that are worth saving) but eventually if you're close enough to people for your culture to rub off on them, their culture will also rub off on you.
At this point I don't think that emerging superpowers like India or China are really interested in that type of stuff. Maybe I am wrong, though.