So i right now am sitting in a room in Denmark. But rather i am thinking about something rather smaller that was brought to my attention but I have never really put much thought to because I have never been outside of my own country. So my teacher is Danish and often when we are speaking danish the subject of how many english words are entering the danish language is quite astonishing. Not only that but also danish youngsters think it is cool to speak danish and add english words into the sentences as a "cool factor". The discussion was, which was a short one, is the danish culture being destroyed or is it merely transforming. She believed it was being destroyed. I agree with her. Denmark receives about 80% of the new words and phrases it gets every year are from america, and they do not change them. Iceland on the other hand, just a few hours away, takes phrases from america and then changes them into their own language. I think this is a better way to handle the situation.But yet another thought came up from someone else. Iceland may make their own words, but forcing a new word for "computer" is much harder then just using the word "computer" that everyone else is using. So all this thought made me think of one thing america is secretly good at; a global recipe:

A) Create a culture based on materials, movies, and over exagerations
B) Make lots of television shows & movies about them.
C) Let stir in country for 30 years
D) Export to new countries view material items, commercials, ads, movies, and television shows
E) Wait 30 years (one generation) in new countries
F) You now have a generation that has only know american culutre. You don't need to go to war anymore to force ideas, you have exported your own ideas/beliefs via a new simpler channel. All you have to do is play the waiting game.

-Via this conclusion of how americanism spreads, i do not like it. I think we are slowly destroying other cultures. Americansim isn't bad, but i believe that once it starts to slowly dissipate other cultures, is when it has gone too far. Just the thought of the day!