For instance, one example that comes to mind is the removal of the Monument of Lihula, which is a monument commemorating the Estonians who fought on the German side for Estonia against the Soviet Union in World War II. In Estonia the influence of the United States is felt the most in cultural sphere. We live in a society that is no longer limited by state borders when it comes to consuming different goods and media. The United States are not the only cultural imperialists, but I would say that in Estonia their influence is the biggest. American films, TV programs, pop music and brand labels are a big part of everyday life for almost every Estonian. Of course, it is not only the case of Estonia. Americanization is taking place all over the world. We could say, that we are just dealing with globalization, but since the most influence apparently comes from US and not equally from the rest of the world, I would say we rather deal with Americanization.
We thought that the Japanese were less evil than the Europeans who had colonized us. We ploughed our hard-earned money into all their products. The Black race has a very short attention span. When something happens, we holler and kick, organize demonstrations and rallies. In less than the time it takes to say Jack Daniel, we have already forgotten the cause or point of our anger. We are back in bed with our oppressors. I have to particularly talk about the Japanese because it is not only an imperialists power waiting for a chance to start another world war, but because also it is an economic juggernaut which could easily crush any minion of a country that challenges it economically. The Japanese utterances rankle enormously because it was not the first time such a high level Japanese official had made such a declaration. It had also been made by a cabinet minister. These are high government officials routinely articulating what their people say publicly and privately
Pennsylvania's Representative Henry Dickinson Green's declaration that he opposed a citizenship for Filipinos because "We cannot make them white. We cannot make them like our citizens." Twain also recognized the damage annexation could do to our national reputation. By 1899 Mark Twain was very much a citizen of the world, and he knew that all eyes were on the U.S. as it pondered whether or not to annex. Opinions varied. Rudyard Kipling, speaking for the imperialists, urged the U.S. to "take up the white man's burden" and help Britain spread western civilization around the world, while Europeans sneered that the Americans, who had berated them for dividing Africa and Asia among themselves, had fallen at the first temptation to get a colony of their own. Rubén Darío, speaking for Latin Americans, accused Teddy Roosevelt of believing "that progress is just eruption,/ that wherever you put bullets,/ you put the future, too
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