Other Aspects
The United States is one of a few countries that does not primarily use the metric system; though many products are dual-labeled, the United States customary units system is dominant.
Unlike many other countries, the United States does not have a cabinet-level national government agency dedicated to cultural issues. In the federal government of the United States, responsibilities that are usually in a cultural minister's portfolio elsewhere are divided among the Federal Communications Commission, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Department of State, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Gallery of Art. However, many state and city governments have a department dedicated to cultural affairs.
Being a major superpower, the United States has influenced the cultures of many other countries, but as countries around the world become more inter-connected and inter-dependent, the general cultural trends (of the US and other countries) head towards multiculturalism and sociocultural globalization.
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