There are countries which I feel like should have more cultural influence but dont for some reason
They do, it's just a big world.
>>84263605Which countries and why do you think that?
Maybe because they're influencing each other and not the west
>>84263605they are backwater shitholes filled with philistines and ruled by despots why do you think they would have any cultural exports whatsoever
>>84263616Compared to the USA or Japan?>>84263620They were all large powerful empires with long histories and mythologiesChina especially confuses me because Japan and Korea have more international influenceBut also Iran (persian empire), India with a culture almost as old as China, and Russia might be the newest country but they have hundreds of years of history still, from Kieven Rus, to the Empire, to the USSR
>>84263639Im talking like vidya and movies>>84263645They had cultural inflence before, all of East Asia is Sinoculture, Iran was Persia, India invented 3 major religions and I already talked about Russia in my other post
>>84263651China had historically a lot of cultural influence.Nowadays, they have enormous hard power, like economic power.Japan and Korea are perfect examples of soft power. They are politically neutral, technologically advanced, attractive, uncensored, and great at marketing. Culture is often about reaching the hearts and minds of the masses.
>>84263667USA has great hard and soft power, dont see why it should be mutually exclusive
>>84263675China isnt neutral, was a backwater until recently, unattractive, heavily censored, and kept themselves on the low.
>>84263659yeah dude they are totally the same countries that they were thousands of years agojust like england is still full of pre roman celts and algeria is phoenician
>>84263667>Culture is often about reaching the hearts and minds of the masses.Literally this
>>84263697having thousands of years of culture is important for culture you tardthey were making films about Ivan the terrible and Russian Tsars even in the Soviet UnionTheyre making films about Chinese myth even in the secular communist China
>>84263711you completely missed the point but sure these places are such cultural powerhouses their entire population is beating down the door of the west to escape
>>84263711>>84263711That's historical culture, not zeitgeist.OP is talking about the cultural impact and influence, like jeans or hollywood from the us, like kpop from korea, like anime from japan, like tea from england, great cars from germany, world wars from austria, olive oil from greece, tapas from spain, pizza from italy, goldbars and chocolate from switzerland, tiktok and genshin impact from china, ladyboys from thailand
>>84263722That only applies to India, and maybe RussiaIran and China seem to be doing fine in that regard
>>84263725I think thats also not mutually exclusiveanime is full of samuraii and ninjas and american media is full of cowboys (or at least used to be)I can even argue popular fiction settings (with knights and dragons) is Europe's cultural influence on the world
>>84263605take it to pol. no one cares
>>8426376317 replies in under 30 minutes on r9k is really good anonkek
>>84263605When was the last time you read an Iranian book?When was the last time you watched a Russian movie?
>>84263605It's just not in the anglosphere so it seems minor.>IndiaBollywood films are popular across south asia and Africa, and their historical contributions to math and religion give them some staying power to this day>RussiaFyodor Dostoevsky and socialism/communism off the top of my head, theres probably a lot of their influence in post-soviet states. They had their hands in Africa too during the cold war>ChinaAll of Korea and Japan were riffing off them hard (and everyone goes on about those 2 countries)>IranCan't point to anything concrete but Persia always seemed culturally significant to me, I read about the region years ago.
>>84263774I watched this cartoon but my father showed me Russian cartoons so it probably doesnt counthttps://youtu.be/kmB4DfG-3K4
>>84263778I mean yeah Im sure they have regional influence but where are their internationally recognized video games studios? Their franchisesIs there any equivalent of Marvel studios in Russia or China?
Cultural influence past the information age doesnt really exist. Goyslop and hollywood are the only things that exist and the fact that no tv show or movie will cast china in a bad light proves my point.
>>84263785Russia did have some cool cartoonshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qprzqCCYjfsRussia is kind of based culturally, but India and China not so much. They got a billion people each and not many people are into it
>>84263605india thinks of america like america thinks of india
