I think you misread my statement as saying more than it really did. I’m not playing into European exceptionalism, quite the opposite. And honestly, you’ll do better not judging what people on the internet know or believe, or their degree of knowledge about, well, anything, based on short sentences. Check your ego at the door and life will be much happier. Or, you know, keep doing the "Reply Guy" thing and annoying strangers if that’s your thing (on my side, I’ll just block you).

Ad hominem stuff out of the way: cultural influence outlasting empire is a common phenomenon. People are still making movies about the "Heroes of Sparta" (while conveniently whitewashing all the awful, degenerate aspects of their society) and portraying Persians as monsters, even though Greek society was already in decay and the Persians left us a legacy equally or more important than that of the Greeks and Romans.

There’s a path where people remember American movies about the Old West, gunslingers, and the golden age of Hollywood, with "US-centric culture" bringing so many amazing things to the world. There’s another path where Americans are remembered for their decaying final years: inequality, ignorance, authoritarianism, and international interference, ending with "heroic challengers" from the "civilised world" finally bringing this monstrous society with its aggressive, bestial ways to its knees. And the funny thing about history is that both versions will contain a degree of truth.