this post was submitted on 16 May 2026
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It's the other way around tho. Gunboat diplomacy for latam and the Marshall plan for Europe established the material groundwork for American culture to grow in.
It's a feedback loop
Like some kind of structure that sits above the grounded structure, a supra structure and the foundation...? Hrmm. I'll work on this theory
Yes, the word above 'creates' was misplaced. However, the cultural hegemony has grown into a beast which has helped reformed that material basis many times over since
Cultural hegemony also maintains the material base of empire by making the metropole's priorities and perspective "common sense", it just happens that common sense always works out in its favor. .
Base and superstructure etc.