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Jay2Jay t1_j5u4kkp wrote

How has the worldwide move towards western liberalism, dissemination of English, export of American culture, and liberal economics affected each other? Is there a causal relationship between some of these phenomena or do they come as a packaged deal?

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Reitsch t1_j5un3g3 wrote

That is quite a loaded question. I don't think I can give a valid answer within the limits of a reddit comment, but what I can do is recommend an amazing book called International Communication: Continuity and Change by Daya Kishan Thussu. It doesn't directly answer your question, but it gives you a great background in how all of what you say tie together in the world and what impact it has. It should give you all the knowledge you need to extrapolate your own answer to the question.

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MrOrangeMagic t1_j5vf1nx wrote

(BCH Political science) I’m gonna try to give you a useful answer, but I will try to keep it simple and between the lines.

People often forget that culture and politics are incredibly close to each other regarding differences between countries. While western culture (English language, American culture) is more often focused on the democratic system due to the “discovery and rise” of it in Europe, it has certainly not picked up all over the world. While you can have Coca Cola in your country and have a large majority of people speaking English this isn’t often an example of a country that also handles liberal economics or democracy(western liberalism)

Chinese youth for example has had over the last years an obsession with American culture stuff (Wild West etc.) But liberal economics and western liberalism is far from being in China. So while a lot of European countries have taken up that democracy, liberal economics, American culturing, and speaking English it is certainly not an all in one package

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