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/^t/Generally speaking, the much protested against process of 'cultural expansion', especially of Western European countries, in fact does not have place. Although some people hold that the United States or Great Britain force their values and ideals on the inhabitants of other countries, nobody forces anybody to do or eat things they do not want to. Young people, although easily influenced, by having yet another possibility simply have the chance to choose from more options. Western societies, or the societies who experienced having no choice at all, recognize the advantages of having an extension of choice and simply enjoy them. What is more, not only the clients profit from a helthy competition on the market by having lower prices and better quality of the offered goods and services. The interested firms, by maintaining or improving the quality of the offered goods or services, attract more clients and make greater profits. Having all this in mind, it is obvious that everybody profits from and nobody loses because of having a healthy extension of choice, and the cultural imperialism does not really exist.