There was a time in my life when i agreed with this, I could fly to america and every single item bought in the US would have been half the price it was here in the UK or even better, especially food.
That is no longer true. The experience of that america lingers however in many people’s minds that visited it at the time, and it is further unhelped by all exported american media depicting some of the richest lifestyle possible in movies and tv series. A lot of people in the UK think Friends is average American. A lot of other people in the UK think your average Julia Roberts movie is average american.
It’s interesting how one of the most successful bits of US propaganda has been pretty unintentional. Houses and apartments in movies from the US always look massive, and people always have huge lavish meals ready to go every meal time, just because it looks better on camera, but this has led to a massive misconception about the US that even people who are poor there still live in much better conditions than anywhere else in the world.
There was a time in my life when i agreed with this, I could fly to america and every single item bought in the US would have been half the price it was here in the UK or even better, especially food.
That is no longer true. The experience of that america lingers however in many people’s minds that visited it at the time, and it is further unhelped by all exported american media depicting some of the richest lifestyle possible in movies and tv series. A lot of people in the UK think Friends is average American. A lot of other people in the UK think your average Julia Roberts movie is average american.
It’s interesting how one of the most successful bits of US propaganda has been pretty unintentional. Houses and apartments in movies from the US always look massive, and people always have huge lavish meals ready to go every meal time, just because it looks better on camera, but this has led to a massive misconception about the US that even people who are poor there still live in much better conditions than anywhere else in the world.