Message from sfederico1

[Anonymous]

What is culture? American culture? or do you mean American way of living? There is no American culture if we look at and apply the terms in the definition of culture. The so-called American culture appeals to basic, rude and crude instincts of physical prowess, brute physical force without any consideration or desibility for intellectual or moral or aesthetic powers. Go ... and look into it... and tell me if this is not correct. Other societies may and do accept extreme American cultural representations (movies, dress codes, etc.) beca=ause we arell humans and we are all affected by the lowest instinctual desires... especially in emerging nations. However, why is it, besides industry controls and bias, that in American movie houses we rarely see European/South American/Japanese produced movies which focus not on violence, sex and drugs (as do Hollywood movies) but relate stories of human expereinces whether based on the psychology of the human mind, on interrelationships with people, nature, the environment, social issues and moral and religious aspects of society?!? The so-calles American culture is nothing but an aberration of human endeavor which has been dragging humanity to the ground and if we continue at this pace our planet and our societies will not last much longer...!!!