Cultural Imperialism in America

Cultural imperialism is a form of mandatory evolution that thrives in the United States.  Cultural imperialism is best described as the forced infusion of cultural influence on one culture from another culture.  Cultures passively influence other cultures each and every day, but this kind of influence is not considered cultural imperialism unless it is brought upon a culture by use of military or economic force.  Cultural imperialism is less of an influence and more of a coerced change.  One thing that separates cultural imperialism from other kinds of imperialism is that military or economic force is not necessary to compel one culture to take on traits or behaviors of another culture.

            The best way to understand what cultural imperialism is would be to consider this analogy:  What if there was an economically inferior country – inferior to America, that is – that relied completely on farming within their own nation for food because the country could not afford to obtain food via any other means?  What if a country like America were to begin selling mass amounts of produce to that country for prices that were well below the prices the citizens would have to pay to obtain the same produce from the farmers within that same country?  The citizens would certainly be inclined to opt for the least inexpensive produce which in turn would have dire consequences for the farmers whose very survival depends on the sale of their produce.  While it is true that citizens would save money buying the produce from America, there would be a significant backlash in that country economically in other ways.  America would not be giving the citizens a reasonable choice; instead, America would be pushing cheaper produce on individuals who can’t afford to decline it.