• Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    It's true in Central America too but I think a lot of that is due to the US right-wing funding them and the presence of US Evangelicals. Right-wing nationalists that want a more independent foreign policy exist but they're outnumbered by the heavily pro-US bloc.

    Do you think the Anglosphere does it because of the heavy presence of US soft power, particularly social media? Even the far-left in the Anglosphere seems to follow whatever the American left is doing.

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      I only see that online. Offline our left is doing all sorts of weird shit.

    • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      It is most likely due to that soft power. We used to have our own book, film and tv industries, making our own media, but these days I don't think there's much of that at all, it's all netflix. Even speaking with people 5-6 years younger than me, they'll use American-centric terms like "candy" and won't understand Australian slang. American pop-culture has consumed our country.

      I've heard it has happened in a lot of places, like the Philippines as well.