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RedditThe Bush Administration seems to be gunning to make history as the first great unilateralist government of the twenty-first century. But if the notion of going it alone appeals to the American public, it's partly because America routinely practices a less-noticed cultural unilateralism: If a work of art wasn't made in America, chances are Americans will never know about it.
Consider:
§ Approximately 92 percent of the US music market in the year 2000 consisted of music from domestic acts. That makes America the most insular music market in the world except for Pakistan. The inward listening trend survives even though most of the big labels--Sony, Universal and BMG--are now controlled by non-US companies.
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