Most American people are not actually doing this, however. Instead, it is mostly the corporations and large companies that are found throughout America. They work their way into other countries as well, and then they 'Americanize' them. While some countries tolerate this, and there are developing countries that are grateful for what America has done for them, most countries do not want others coming in and trying to change their way of life. The reason that they do things the way they do is because it works for them.
One of the most pervasive American companies when it comes to trying to change other countries is McDonalds. They move into any and every country that has the economic base to support them, and they build their restaurants everywhere. Most Americans love McDonalds, but the company is part of the American culture, and not all other cultures feel the same way about the restaurant or its hamburgers. The restaurant is more of a novelty in other countries, as opposed to a staple in the diet. The McDonalds corporation, however, seems to feel as though all countries should love it as much as America does. Because it is pushy, other countries get the impression that all of America is the same way, and that the country really has no idea of what goes on in the rest of the world.
In that, there is some truth. Unless an American chooses to pay a satellite TV service for channels such as EuroNews, he or she often does not know that much about what goes on in the rest of the world. The American news media often does not report that much...
In addition, there are other large companies that are moving from America into other countries and causing problems. Wal-Mart is one such corporation. This company is extremely pervasive in America, but moving into other countries has not always been that effective.
For example, Wal-Mart failed in Germany because the German people were happy with the culture and the stores that they had. In other countries, though, Wal-Mart has simply moved in. The fact that they have lower prices often sways people to shop there even when they normally would not. In addition, though, Wal-Mart often pushes out the 'little guy' in the form of smaller stores that cannot compete in pricing and in inventory. When this happens, communities sometimes think that Wal-Mart is actually a danger to their way of life. There have even been cities in America where the Wal-Mart corporation has been chased out or has not been allowed to come in because of this.
Really, the authors are not saying that other countries hate the American people. Instead, the main problem that these countries have with America has to do with the way that large corporations move into their countries and change things. They resent people not taking their culture seriously and instead trying to change it, but yet they often admire America as well. This puts them in a conundrum and only deepens their resentment toward all things American. There does not seem to be an end in sight to this problem.
