If a thing is adopted everywhere, then…yes, it would be a universal concept. Sure, it would remain an American invention but that’s not what was being said.
It’s like saying cars are a German concept, because they were invented there. And electronic TVs are American concepts. The rest of the world may have adopted them nowadays but “they are still uniquely German and American concepts.”
“Only the American mind would conceive of ‘TVs’, other cultures may adopt and ape it but it remains American.”
“Nothing but the German psyche could generate the concept of ‘cars’. Sure, other countries have adopted ‘cars’, and apply it by themselves, but it’s primarily a German concept.”
If a thing is adopted everywhere, then…yes, it would be a universal concept. Sure, it would remain an American invention but that’s not what was being said.
It’s like saying cars are a German concept, because they were invented there. And electronic TVs are American concepts. The rest of the world may have adopted them nowadays but “they are still uniquely German and American concepts.”
“Only the American mind would conceive of ‘TVs’, other cultures may adopt and ape it but it remains American.”
“Nothing but the German psyche could generate the concept of ‘cars’. Sure, other countries have adopted ‘cars’, and apply it by themselves, but it’s primarily a German concept.”