take a good look at some components of major anglomurica 'soft-power':

--Hollywood,

--English as 'lingua franca'...ask the hindus...

https://scroll.in/article/969356/why-is-india-obsessed-with-english-medium-education-when-it-goes-against-scientific-consensus

https://qz.com/india/494396/indias-obsession-for-english-is-depriving-many-children-of-a-real-education/

--$ as reserve currency(semi-soft only)

These all are consequence of anglomurica  imperial 'hard-power', like economics, tech papers/renovation(often driven by MIC) output, market size, colonial legacy.(Nehru said he was the last 'englishman' to rule india...)....

https://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jul/09pm1.htm

The french have more Nobel laureates in literature than the anglomurikans, still dwarved by the anglos becos of the latters' hard power