[compbio]

Ok, that's solved. Now let's speculate on the current cultural weapons, that the Russians can't keep up with, but that the Americans use to keep cultural dominance:

- The entire entertainment industry.

- The LGBT-movement / Pussy Riot.

- Social networks, the internet, email providers and search engines.

- Quantum computing and advanced NLP.

Clearly they wanted to keep "the (perpetual) fight against terrorism" on this list, but Russia did not listen.

[A_COMPUTER]

Video games specifically. They are next-gen propaganda tools because you can subtly or not so subtly railroad a player into your frame by making them roleplay it for reward. It can adapt to less or more pliant players, it can collect analytics which help create faster iterations of improvement.

As an intentional cultural weapon (in the manner OP describes) I don't think it's actually ascendant yet, but it will be.

[krapp]

There are parts of American culture that aren't CIA propaganda. Probably.

[mladenkovacevic]

I guess we'll find out in about 50-60 years if we're still here.

[JonnieCache]

>Pussy Riot.

I always thought that was a putin/surkov double-bluff.