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Man.
I have to say...
WHAT THE FUCK?
FYI, Toronto is in Canada. And I was there in the Fall of '99. There were all these Canadians saying shit like "Fucking Starbucks, like we need a US coffee shop here" or "fucking Pier 1 imports, piece of shit US company" or "God I wish we didn't have so much US tv here" or "Man, I wish the US wasn't destroying our culture".
SHUT THE FUCK UP.
That shit wouldn't happen if the majority of people didn't want it to. If there's an operating Pier 1 imports there, it means PEOPLE LIKE IT AND GIVE IT THEIR MONEY. If there's too much American TV, it's because PEOPLE ARE FUCKING WATCHING IT. If your culture is becoming too Americanized, it's because YOUR NEIGHBORS WANT IT TO BE THAT WAY. If there are too many American movies playing in foreign theaters, it's because PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WATCH THEM. And if there's a fucking operating Starbucks, it's because PEOPLE ARE BUYING SHIT THERE. But of course, you can't, in your super-enlightened "I'm not an American so I'm intelligent" mindframe, grasp the fact that DIFFERENT FUCKING PEOPLE LIKE DIFFERENT FUCKING THINGS. If Starbucks gets any business, it's from Australians, but I'm sure you'd be all too quick to point the finger and blame an American company for ruining your coffee independence. Shut the fuck up. If you don't want it, don't drink it. Tell your friends not to drink it. But don't blame it on Americans. It's there because there's interest, and if it stays, it's not our fucking fault.
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