Lindy me old mate, <What is needed, as a major part of our Foreign policy, IMO, it the exporting of our ideas. Unfortunately, that concept is reviled here as "Cultural Imperialism.">
Oh not, not another Mormon knocking at the door! How come everybody wants to transfer their wonderful beliefs to us. We have nigga rap endemic already. I'm not sure whether that's the correct spelling and whether that's approved by the Chief Nigga or not, but I thought I'd bring some of that culture to the happy Foreign Affairs SI clique, so they could enjoy some USA ideas. A kind of cyberspace reverberation, with a great bass beat....
You can 'sing' along here: lyrics.astraweb.com
We also have Big Mac, Coke, coke, jive-talkin' ebonics, murder, halloween, Rocky I, II, III, IV, Terminator, "you know, like, grunting, whatever", car yards, coffee [civilized people drink tea], car yards, KFC, gas stations, nose rings, navel rings, eyebrow and tongue studs, and I hear other places, [actually, I think that might be a Pommy Pollution], gas stations, Pizza Hut, car yards, tv, game shows, Oprah, Jerry Springer, that other woman, infomercials, ...
And more...
When you write "our ideas", I wonder just which ideas you mean. I suppose you mean "my ideas".
You don't need a Foreign Policy major platform to "export our ideas". Young people are aping them without any foreign policy, to the consternation of parents from Eketahuna to Vladivostok. Hu Jintao wears a sharp suit instead of the good old Mao outfit. Putin is all western. Singapore isn't so keen on the graffiti, still beating recalcitrant youth [including spoiled brat Yanks who try it out] into submission, but other aspects of Singapore are all western. All around the world, the media are delivering the message to eager-beaver youngsters who mindlessly follow the Pied Piper of Hamelin. indiana.edu
Also like Pinnochio taking a wrong turn to pleasure island.
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