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i was thinking how i have to code switch the name "american" based on the audience and it made me wonder if this was one of the defining characteristics of all westerners.
the anglosphere is probably the primary driver of the definition of "america" as you described it in your comment and your culture's sociopolitical alignment depends on how much in common your idea of "america" matches the anglosphere's definition of "america".
in other words, the less your definition of "america" has we the anglosphere's definition of "america"; the more eastern you are.
That's an interesting way to look at it. I've also easterners call it America but normally those are people from Japan or Korea which already have pretty heavy American influence.
the definition of "easterner" also seems to have a hegemony of its own. a majority of latin americans likewise have an undeniably strong american influence; but they share this eastern definition of the word "american".
however a majority of the world who share the non-anglocentric definition of the word "american" are literally in the east; so it defaults to an eastern-centric definition despite a sizeable minority share of its subscribers in latin-america being more closely aligned w the west.