to mature does not mean that they must abandon their society, ethnicity, or individuality to get it. Besides, the exposure goes both ways. The weaker country isn't the only one exposed to something new. You can not walk away from an association without taking something with you. It's just not possible. A good example is the existing situation between American and Japan. America is considered a superpower and so is Japan, but Japan is the smaller country. The U.S. provides Japan with Naval support, a marketplace for their export industry and a remarkably valuable pool of investment opportunities. Japan supplies the U.S. with technological advancement in many ways. Japanese citizens own many things in the U.S. Japanese culture has therefore become well known in America. Japanese is almost a necessary language for a businessman. So in this case the result would not be Americanization, but Japanization. Japanization can be seen in the U.S. by, "the pervasive consumption of Japanese products (e.g., cars and electronic appliances) in Americanhouseholds" (Chuang, p.22). The U.S. is considered The Superpower. And yet, superpower though it may be, America is dependent on Japanese products in a number of areas in its economy. Many other cultures affect the U.S. also. These affects are manifested as Chinese and Mexican restaurants in almost every city, German cars, African clothes, Rainforest Indian music, and such a large numbers of Hispanic immigrants that Florida almost changed the native language to Spanish. Based on my understanding of the views presented here, I believe that the idea of globalization as a manifestation of cultural imperialism is fatally flawed. I can't see how it is possible to completely wipe out someone else's culture just by showing them your own. I feel that although people in every nation are excited by exposure to new things, they will not simply leave their own heritage behind. There is no reason...
