> americans are unironically the best in the world at process automation, from ford's conveyor to making goyslop sandwiches, you just have a knack for distilling the process into its most basic components and writing a script for the drone to follow. russia tried a bunch of localized fastfood chains and many failed really miserably, but a wholly imported mcdonalds/bk/kfc script just works. yeah, thats because america has a low culture which priorities mass and efficiency over quality and refinement. all empires try to create a universal culture to appeal to as many people as possible. this is to make it easier to control them inside their country and influence others abroad. the size of the empire necessitates this too has local flavors and subcultures get washed over by this mass. by definition empires try to create a universal culture which appeals to and aims for the lowest common denominator  this is what americas mass culture is all about and it is low. everything america does embraces this same philosophy. high culture doesnt scale and cant be makes efficient. which is why europe and russia are so dissimilar to the u.s.
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