Is American culture ‘American’?

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The argument that the effectiveness of English led to the acceptance of American culture could be true because at first for most of the people all over the world it’s easy to learn English. The structure of sentences and the grammar of English aren’t as complex and difficult as of other languages, for example German or Chinese. But this can’t be the main point for the popularity of American culture.

In my opinion, the American culture just unites all the cultures in the world and the people from different cultures can find something familiar in it. American culture isn’t also that extraordinary and special, like the Chinese one, that it could be surprising or strange for anyone, so that almost everyone likes it.

In the 20^th century, America was also a superpower and encouraged countries with financial and military measures. This made America very popular, especially in the western world, and so American culture could spread over the world.

The influence of British culture isn’t that big, comparable to the French or German one. The British culture is part of the American one because most of the Pilgrims came from Britain. I can’t think of something special about British culture because it isn’t international known. Tea drinking could be one aspect but this is common in a lot of cultures.