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> Some of it is about ideals, so spread Western ones I'm not convinced that "Western" ideals are always what should be spreading. More importantly, phrasing th
by michaelmior 9y ago
> Some of it is about ideals, so spread Western ones
I'm not convinced that "Western" ideals are always what should be spreading. More importantly, phrasing this way implicitly gives the West the moral high ground which is unfortunately not always deserved.
- pluma 9y agoIt's not so much that Western ideals aren't morally superior, it's more that Westerns often suck at implementing and sticking to those ideals (hence why we call them "ideals" and not "standard operating procedures").