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no, it is not "universalists" at all, in that sense.
But you apparently have no sense of the distorted cultural mirror through which Triers was projecting his movie. Obviously you don't, as it is glaringly deliberate. Not only is it not about the USA of today, it is neither about USA of yesteryear. It is more about certain blunt ideas of Americanism that are openly propagated, but which are clearly myths. It is nothing but a mythical "idea" of America that he is critiquing, and chosing to set his own myth in. It is no reason to take as a personal attack, especially since visiting your country would make no difference in affecting that "myth of the midwest town" that he is engaging with. I think therein lies your lack of understanding. How these "idealisms" of America come to us, in Europe, and the anxiety they evoke. Not because of some vague ideas of "cultural imperialism" but the very expansiveness and pace of American society. I'd hate to think you'd have to be European to appreciate it.