And in the us there are Thai, chinese, Indonesian, Korean, Japenese, French, Italian, etc retsaurants, Many popular TV shows are made in Canada or the UK. Fashions come from France and Italy. Actors, singers and other entertainers from the UK, Australia or elsewhere. Hell - our POLITICIANS are not always even native born!

the fact that many people outside the US tend to follow US "culture" is that those portions of the so called culture they emulate are those that are geared to appeal to the lowest common denominator. Guess what? it works. In the US as elsewhere. Doesn't mean anyone has to like it - but unless someone offers a viable alternative it is going to happen.