you said "OR developed without Western contact." Confucianism is 2500 years old, and had nothing from Western influence.
America was itself the first victim of "Americanization". If the world was truly being Americanized, then people in Iran would be handed the works of Mark Twain, and people in the Congo would be listening to Bill Monroe. This isnt western culture, this is corporate culture, which has murdered western culture and usurped its name. There are remnants of western culture, but they, once mainstream, are now in the fringe. You must realize that to the corporations, white, black, yellow, brown, red, they dont matter, all they care for is green. and they will destroy all cultures of the earth to get at it. For the corporations, racism would be a step up because it would imply they at least cared about something and were therefore in some way, although evil, at least human. We however are not dealing with evil people, that would be a blessing, we are dealing with a hungry Leviathan that will consume all for it cares for none. "Americanization" is the wrong word for it. America is allready dead, and it's zombie is the body the corporation has infested to do the same to the rest of the worlds cultures.
Quote: Reporter: Mr. Gandhi, what do you think of western civilization? Gandhi: I think it would be a good idea. --- Nail on the spot, it doesn't exist.