Not sure if it's really America that destroyed italian culture. I am third generation italian/belgian and the new italian kids today in Belgium hardly speak italian anymore & I don't think they really hold on to certain traditions (food ect..). Italians blend in very easy but on the other hand everywhere they went (usa, Belgium, Argentina, Germany, France, Canada, Australia), the country always had a catholic background. What if they would have immigrated to for example Egypt or Thailand. I think it would have turned out differently.