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 While it originated in Western Europe, it also has a presence in North America, Oceania and (in my opinion) the Korean Peninsula.
-The West's historical dominance has been so absolute that practically every other civilization and culture has scrambled to ‘Westernize’ for the purposes of properly competing. The most successful of these endeavors have been in East Asia – Japan & China. Japan more so as it has managed to carve out its own identity,((:fn:>I am specifically saying “carved out” rather than “preserve” as I think it's fair to say Japan's current identity is Japanese with a Western flavor, but rather a hybrid of the two.)) which most Westernized groups have trouble with.
+The West's historical dominance has been so absolute that practically every other civilization and culture has scrambled to ‘Westernize’ for the purposes of properly competing. The most successful of these endeavors have been in East Asia – Japan & China. Japan more so as it has managed to carve out its own identity,((:fn:>I am specifically saying “carved out” rather than “preserve” as I think it's fair to say Japan's current identity isn't Japanese with a Western flavor, but rather a hybrid of the two.)) which most Westernized groups have trouble with.
 ‘Western’ media refers to roughly all of the [[lb:media]] that is produced by Westerners or with a Western flavor.
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