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.Â
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:Â 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.