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> 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 ve
by 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.