During discussion in my Literature class, we somehow got on the question "what does America have to offer that no other country has?" I thought about this for a while, even after the rest of the students shook their heads, declaring America worthless when it came to innovation and technology, and moved on, undaunted by the realization that their country has nothing to offer. But see, I knew there had to be something. I was brainwashed as a child to be patriotic for a reason, right?

Well I thought of something. Pop culture. Other countries may hate America, but they'll listen to our music, try to dress like us, and watch our tv shows. I realized that when we were watching a German tv show in my German class, and they were doing a countdown of the most popular songs. Three out of ten were from the US. I also know people from Great Britain watch shows like Friends, and try their best to rap in ebonics. It's very cute to hear them try to rap.

Perhaps Japan produces better quality cars. Maybe India will be the center of technology in the near future. Perhaps China will steal most of our jobs because whatever we can do, they can do it cheaper. But dangit, we've got Jessica Simpson. In yo face!