How are those even in conflict? Humans are humans. American culture skews heavily towards wish fulfillment and impulse gratification. Why wouldn't people want that?
Sugar is quite popular too. It is quite possible for people to want sugar, yet notice that people who have excessive access to (not to mention advertising and peer pressure towards) sugar often lose the ability to appreciate or even distinguish other flavors.
I am not sure if you are short-sighted, but this kind of comment doesn't contribute to HN
I am from Asia, while we love super hero movies because they are cool (including the dark side), but that doesn't mean we appreciate the culture described in the article, to be honest, it's kind of lame
You can say it's lame, but it is everywhere in asia. Every movie theater, toys, bootleg merch - asia is saturated in it and people are paying for it because they love it. You can call it lame, but that's really more of a judgement on the people around you. Seems pretty short sighted.