Opinion of cultural appropriation?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Usually a good thing, plus something that's been happening for millennia.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

What Oldiesfreak is talking about is not really cultural appropriation as people whine about it. The analogy wouldn't be foreign countries having McDonalds but rather people who throw a fit about how white Americans eat "ethnic" food that isn't their culture, or white people having dreadlocks or cornrows or watching anime.

Also it's kind of silly to act like American culture is ONLY corporate stuff like McDonalds, btw DeBeers are not American (autos aren't really a good example, that's kind of like calling Samsung phones an aspect of Korean culture), there is American culture that goes beyond all that. Onion rings and cheese curds are very much American foods in origin, but is it an attack on the cultures of other countries if someone set up an independent restaurant there that served them? Is Japanese or Latin American culture threatened by playing baseball there? There actually are some minor leagues for what Americans call football in Switzerland and Germany, is that cultural appropriation or a threat to those places?

Complaining about "cultural appropriation" actually strikes me more as a far right style view, in the belief that all peoples and cultures need to be segregated, and that it's wrong if anyone steps outside of "their role".

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Hell actually you could argue that those bands I linked to in the Eurovision thread are guilty of "cultural appropriation" or a sign of their respective countries' cultures being eroded, that's a VERY American style of music (to the point where it was even birthed in the capital of the United States!) even if it's not mainstream or widespread in the slightest. They also wear very American style fashions, case in point or check out the bassist in this one. Hoodies as we know them today are not only an American creation, they don't seem like they'd be a common clothing item in Italy due to the climate there.

Do these people look like they live in Africa?