will america ever form its own culture.?

Answer 1

America has culture, but not in the way you think of other countries that have been around for more than 1000 years.

Our "culture" is probably directly linked to the fads and styles at any given time. If you think about it, America, it is one of the most copied societies, thanks for the most part to our popular movies and Hollywood's global appeal.

Call it "pop" culture if you want, but American culture does exist.

What we lack is the long history of traditions that often make other countries very unique. We have traditions, though many are based on those from the English and other European countries, and they simply do not go as far back.

If you notice, we have a tendency to cling to the stories of our forefathers and how this country was formed as it separated from England's grip. We use the word freedom endlessly, as if the rest of the world is still enslaved and we are the only example of freedom. Even our past involvement in world wars have emboldened us to think of ourselves as the world's policeman. Indirectly, our movies love to demonstrate how cool and hip we are and how others should be more like us.

Do they still???

Look at our country now and see if we are all that we "indirectly and directly" have clamied to be?

Are we truly so free? Supposedly this is a democracy, yet we have 2 pools of politicians to choose from that don't look much different from each other anymore. And what about the Electoral College. Why is this still necessary? Why about the popular vote?

More and more, powers are being given to the FBI, CIA, and Federal Government agencies that allow them to monitor and take actions against citizens just slightly outside of our constitutional rights. The Federal Government is getting fatter, while the citizens are appearing more and more like mindless sheep. And we allow it to happen.

Is this part of our "culture"? Is this the ignorance and blindness others reference? Are we really in as much control as we want to think we are? Is bigger government really a good thing?

I don't think this is what our forefathers had in mind. Unfortunately, much of our history and culture, are not filled with stories of righteous actions made by our government. Everything from the Native Americans, to the slave trade and African Americans, to the migrant workers crossing our Southern borders, and even the poor and uneducated citizens. We can do so much more within our boundaries.

I think the one characteristic of an American that we should all be proud of, is our ability to unite in the face of adversity. Our society is being mislead. We can fix this and make America 100 times better than it is, from education, to health care, to the environment, to poverty, to diversity issues, to a government that is truly translucent, honest, and just large enough to help enforce federal policies, but small enough to keep Americans involved and their hands on the pulse of the nation.

We have the opportunity to create a culture that has never existed within our borders. To become the greatest nation the world has ever witnessed. To set an example others will respect and follow out of CHOICE, not by the threat of economic sanctions or loss of powers. Our greatest asset SHOULD be our diversity and the ability to collaborate our efforts. Perhaps we can also look to our much older siblings for guidance.

If there are two things our current President should inspire among our citizens, it is that we should never make the same mistake twice and that we, the American Citizens, are empowered to make change happen ourselves, esp. if our Government isn't willing to take the first step.

Our culture and the way we want to be recognized, is in our hands if we only choose to accept it and act on it.

Answer 2

I'm thinking you've got some odd definition of "culture", as America most surely does have its own culture. Every place does. And in our case, it's a combination of many other cultures, done in our own style. And it formed together to give us things like Rock & Roll and Jazz. And even our versions of ethnic food is entirely American. The Chinese, Italian, Mexican, etc, food that you eat here is most surely not the same food you eat in those actual countries. And I like it much better. And then there's our sports culture, like Football and Baseball, which is entirely our own. And all kinds of other stuff.

If you're an American, then perhaps you just don't see it because you haven't been elsewhere to understand how our flavor is different. Like backyard BBQ's and whatnot. Or perhaps you're too young to appreciate these differences. And if you're not American, then perhaps you just haven't experienced our culture enough to understand it. It's not something you get overnight, but something you get absorbed into for years. Just like all other cultures.

But if anything, America has too much culture and people get a bit upset about it. Like our culture of thinking we're the best, and how we export McDonald's and Britney Spears around the world. You might not like the culture we have, but everyone has it. And I happen to think that American culture is great, even if I don't like much of the pop music. But perhaps you meant something entirely different.

Answer 3

We have, but what culture it is depends on your time/place perspective.

For a long time it was family farms. Then farm boys went to WWI. "How are you going to keep them down on the farm, once they've seen gay Paris?"

Then The Depression of the 30s. I once loved a dark complected woman [an Angel sent by God] born 1935 on the family farm 1935 rural Alabama. Half Shoshoni, half Blackfoot. Went to segregated schools, got the books after the white kids were done graffiting them for the ******. (by 2002 became a Saint!) Back on the farm the Masons had a "culture".

WWII baby boom; I was born 1955, moved from cultural backwater of Seattle WA 60s to 70s San Fernando Valley, LA CA, pristine suburbia. That was a culture! PRISTINE SUBURBIA!

Street racing motorcycles and mostly no cops, because it was a low crime area. YEA! Americana almost like Norman Rockwell, without the poetry. It was the beginning of the end of actual real men because Feminism was looming on the horizon..

Spent 20+years remodelinbg rental units in the worst parts of LA/Long Beach CA, first it was poor blacks, then Mexicans, then Cambodians, that's culture.

I'll tell you what's American Culture. Ben Cartwright. Owned his land free and clear, no debt. Used his roads ("public right of way") as a matter of right. Bore arms in town as a matter of Constitutional Right (2nd Amendment). Paid no property tax, income tax, because he had a right to "Property". And didn't have to ask permission from government to remodel his bathroom, because the land was his and not the property of a corperation called a 'bank'. Didn't affect a 'public interest'. Safety, you know. Pilice powers.

Want Culture? How about 1967 when the vehicle "engines were large, the chrome was hard, and the women were straight".

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What I do know is that "American Culture" has to do with the Right to do right, meaning that the people are Sovereign. We are tollerent, but when push comes to shove, 45% of American households have a firearm in the house. Because we know that when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. And that means Popular Sovereignty. google it

Answer 4

We do have a culture. There is no way that America could not have a culture. Our culture is the melting pot that represents so many different people. To me, culture does not have to be something that has been handed down for hundreds of generations. Culture from other places had to originate somehow, and it did through the everyday practices, beliefs and lifestyles of the people residing there. We are creating our culture, our founding fathers created culture. Culture not something that is consciously created and molded just by ancestors, and other long dead myths, it is something that is made unconsciously whenever applicable.

Answer 5

America already has a beautiful culture. Our culture takes the best out of every other culture and combines it into a beautiful, unique society.

Answer 6

Yes it already has. We are still percieved as those "Tall, white, brown haired, brown eyed, hansome cowboys with a hella-lot to prove and a gun in our holster."
We have the whole "cowboy" image, and the whole ignorant image (even though all countries have that, America's is just more...well...yeah) and the whole valley girl image, we have alot of things.
I wouldnt call it beautiful. I wouldnt call any culture beautiful.
Yep. Good ole America.

Answer 7

i think Americans do have a culture. e.g. they are very dramatic and dramatize ever thing, they all believe they are the envy of the world (which they are not) because they are free and stuff. basically their culture is where everyone makes a big deal out of everything.

Answer 8

Alienation

We are the culture of the scientific invasion, roswell et al.

Answer 9

No traditions here in America

Answer 10

america is like a mixture of cultures, and i supose that is our culture