<p>subjecttochange, your arguments are extremely dumbed down and simplified to the point that it becomes obvious that you are blinded by your anger towards the current government of US. Your points are pulled together from all different directions which is not necessarily a bad thing, but primarily they focus on the negatives. It's biased, rude, and ignorant. I beg of you, argue with reason, and for the truth. Don't argue just to win.</p>
<p>Rebuttal to axiom 1:
It's rude because you even go as far as to alienate your Christian readers by calling the Christian faith inferior. I am an atheist, but I know ignorance when I see it. The crux of your argument is that undesirable and inferior ideas will be rejected, and desirable ideas will naturally spread. Well, Christianity began "naturally" as you may call it. There was a time in Rome (Middle Platonism period/Hellenistic period) when Christianity was just a random cult amongst thousands, literally thousands of other religions, in a battle of words to see who has the best religion. This is why you don't see the Gnostics, the Metatrons, Mithraism, etc. This is why Christians today are praising "God," not the serpent. So in actuality, Christianity's roots stemmed from it "naturally" spreading and rising out on top amongst other religions. If you look up Islam, you'll find that it also initially spread "naturally."</p>
<p>Rebuttal on your Europe experience:
I have visited most of Europe numerous times, not touring, rather on a international relations academic study. I have also had the privilege of staying in France to interview various ethnic groups ages 20-40 to assess the racism and problems of France (PM me if you want more information but I won't go into it because the interviews were primarily about ethnic racism and the current social situation). </p>
<p>During the interviews, I came to understand that their current view of American politics is negative, but in terms of culture, it's mixed. Many of their opinions were based on the current policies of President Bush. From there I can assume that their disliking are situational. During the Clinton administration, US was held in a more positive light. But there isn't a "complete rejection" of US culture.</p>
<p>Just blurting out some random experience of French youth is irrelevant. I could say that I was at some market the other day and I happened to see a KKK rally. I'm not going to immediately conclude that all of America adheres to KKK's ideals.</p>
<p>Rebuttal to the Corollary of Axiom One:
To further reduce your argument on how ideas are spread, ideas aren't simply spread "naturally." I am also assuming that based on your arguments, that GOOD ("naturally spread") ideas don't need to be forced and BAD ("inferior, undesirable") ideas are forced and rejected. Law and order was spread first by the penalty of death (Hammurabi). Qin Huang Di massacred hundreds of thousands of his own people. Annhilated villages one by one, erasing long family lineages left and right just to unify China. Didn't want to speak the national language? Too bad. Death. Confucianism was also deemed the law of the land. Laws were made to enforce Confucianism forcibly. The ideas that you call "advanced" were also spread through violence from the government.</p>
<p>Rebuttal to...well you:
Your thermodynamic example again, not only overly simplifies the situation, it really shows how biased your opinions are. Black and white. It's the anti-Bush "everything in America is wrong" rhetoric. Don't you get tired of absorbing and spewing out extremely leftist rhetoric? You're one of those students that are too spoiled by America. You're a parrot. What you've seen on TV/the media you just regurgitate and continue the cycle. I challenge you to move out of America, and truly understand what the privileges of an American are. I challenge you to read more in depth of the histories of other countries. America will look like an innocent angel compared to the inhumane acts of other countries.</p>
<p>A quick conclusion and a response to subjecttochanges conclusion:
"The spread of American culture is like a chemical reaction that is unfavourable thermodynamically. Sure, you could push it toward the products side if you put work into it, and in this case violence, but as soon as that external force is stopped, it will revert back to the left side of the equation, and which is the rejection of American culture."</p>
<p>Based on my previous points on the economic structure, pop culture, and social dynamics, American culture is very influential. However, specific parts of American culture such as certain freedoms and rights, are rejected by certain countries. In general, speaking for modern times only, America influences others more than others influence America.</p>
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