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I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But these aspects do not make one forget the disastrous effects of the industrial and commercial process of 'cultural lamination' that the USA is perpetrating on the planet.

I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But these aspects do not make one forget the disastrous effects of the industrial and commercial process of 'cultural lamination' that the USA is perpetrating on the planet.
Jose Saramago

Approximate author period: c. 1966 AD · modern

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Jose Saramago
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Approximate author period: c. 1966 AD · modern
Approximate period for recorded attribution label Jose Saramago: recorded author lifetime 1922–2010. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37060 (checked 2026-10-08). The existing author record is jose-saramago; no author identity is bound and no quotation composition date or attribution is independently verified.
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