Cultural dominance ruining diversity?

Which is why McDonalds and other pizza stores opens up in other countries. But because of the fact this is becoming more widespread, does this ruin the value of diversity? Are other countries simply being culturally-dominated by America?

I would like to say no. Even though we are more globalized today than before, people still keep their national dishes and traditions just like before. However, being able to have a taste of other cultures and traditions mean we are able to understand other cultures better, and hopefully this would yield to a better understanding of other people. (Not all Arabs are terrorists etc.)

Okay, let's put this in another perspective. English. The English language is becoming like Latin now, people are starting to learn it from other countries. English is a relatively easy language to learn, and one of the easiest languages to be adapted into for business communication. Would this be considered as culture-domination? Ever notice how more people in the United States are starting to watch Japanese Animation now? Are we also being dominated by Japan's influences and cultures? Do you think other cultures and countries' values have changed because of this dominance?

Historically, the way languages change haven't changed (I like to think about it as "language prime barely changes"). French, English, Norse and Old Germanic all took some words from each other and gave some back, making the language a complete "mess". This still happens today, but now with more languages involved: Japanese, Chinese, Spanish being some of them. If it's a bad thing? Not really, as being able to understand each other is a good thing. We don't automatically lose our culture or history even though we say "basic" instead of "enkelt" in a sentence, though it looks like. It's just a language that evolves.

There are some things I would like to point out however. The English language is not going to be like Latin for a long, long time. Latin is a dead language: Nobody talks Latin as mother tongue or first language. English is also not that easy to learn, even though some Americans may think it is (Oh, I really hope noone's going to kill me for saying that). Sure thing, it's not hard, but it's not easy either. The main reason English is the "world language" is because of business, and how important it is to be able to communicate with others in order to earn money.