Re: Re: Re: Michael's Question

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Perelman wrote:

> Just imagine if a power, much, much mightier than the US were to
> flood us with media
> that undermined the society.  Pumping out TV, Radio, Newspapers, and
> subsidizing and
> arming violent opponents of the government.

Michael, I'm completely opposed to the arming of violent
counterrevolutionaries, but I don't buy the argument that U.S. pop
culture is popular around the world solely because of market power.
People really like the stuff, though they use it in their own ways. I
can't explain it, but it's really more complicated than this.

I'll be even violent opponents of oppressive governments like US pop
culture sometimes.

Doug