Re: Re: Re: Michael's Question

[Doug Henwood]

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