America has a culture just like any other country with it's own social norms, religion, beliefs, history, regional dishes, regional dialects, musical and artistic heritage, holidays and celebrations, etc etc. Why do people think Mexico for example has a culture but not the United States? I never understood that thinking. They will go down there and be like "woooow, Day of the Dead is such an amazing cultural event", yet don't see Halloween or Thanksgiving up here as being every bit as much of one. Why isn't going to a Texas rodeo as much a cultural experience as going to a bullfight or running of the bulls in Spain? Isn't the music of Miles Davis and Johnny Cash as much a cultural experience as the music of Pavarotti or Bob Marley?
We have a culture here just like any other place. We may have a strong consumerist element in our culture, but you know? Everybody else wants it too. Go to any poor country in Latin America and the elites pretty much live like Americans with their kids having a Nintendo Wii and the lastest smart phone so they can check their facebook at the movie theatre while watching Eclipse, and flying to Miami for a weekend of shopping.
We have a culture here just like any other place. We may have a strong consumerist element in our culture, but you know? Everybody else wants it too. Go to any poor country in Latin America and the elites pretty much live like Americans with their kids having a Nintendo Wii and the lastest smart phone so they can check their facebook at the movie theatre while watching Eclipse, and flying to Miami for a weekend of shopping.