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Poll: Non-US-raised people who grew up at least partly outside the US, what aspect of US culture was most influential for you?
  • TV/movies/music/books
    44.7%
  • Science and technology
    9.8%
  • Economic/military power
    5.6%
  • US-raised, show results
    39.9%
338 votesFinal results
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i think it's difficult to see the econ-mil power but it undergirds everything, The Simpsons and World of Warcraft are downstream of Wall Street and the MIC
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These feel more like nested, rather than discrete choices: The tech established the military power, which in turn carved out the sphere of memetic influence, carried BY the tech. Hard to say which counted more, even if you just mainly remember Terminator and Jurassic Park 🤷
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