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An interesting twist in the evolving hivemind. Westerners generations ago assumed the rest of the world were savage. Today's westerners assume that they are the
by jpttsn 10y ago
An interesting twist in the evolving hivemind. Westerners generations ago assumed the rest of the world were savage. Today's westerners assume that they are the savages, and that the rest of the world is enlightened, free from self-interest, kumbaya all the way. Lest we learn about the wider world, I guess.
- wingerlang 10y ago> Today's westerners assume that they are the savages, and that the rest of the world is enlightened, free from self-interest, kumbaya all the way. That's a very broad statement which I think is not even remotely true.
- jpttsn 10y agoI agree. It relied on context. Mea culpa.
- saint_fiasco 10y agoIt's pretty common. I know people from many Western countries who say "this sort of bullshit only happens in my country, I'm so ashamed" when they are in fact talking about near-universal human problems. Then again, all my friends are Westerners, so it could be that they do this sort of thing in the East too.
- lallysingh 10y agoSo they think the grass is greener elsewhere? That sounds like a pretty normal (irrational, but understandable for humans) belief to have after removing a we're-the-only-civiized-ones belief.