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If something is cultural, why does that imply it is automatically bad or should be tossed aside? This is not to say any culture is all good or all perfect, howe
by gottebp 8y ago
If something is cultural, why does that imply it is automatically bad or should be tossed aside? This is not to say any culture is all good or all perfect, however didn't much of culture come about through generation after generation evolving and learning and passing on what worked? I invoke Chesterton's fence here: Fences take work to put up, and someone put in that work. First understand why it was put in place and only then should you consider tearing it down.
Cultures each have differing strengths and weaknesses, woven into a complex fabric, and it is difficult to change just one part in isolation without butterfly effects elsewhere -- much like a large codebase.
- hobs 8y agoYou can make a faithful argument that a particular culture is good, though you wont find me backing it. That's not what was said though, what was said was that it was human nature itself, which is bogus.
- Juliate 8y ago> If something is cultural, why does that imply it is automatically bad or should be tossed aside? It does not. But neither does it imply it's good. Because something is cultural does not make it immune to analysis and critique. Especially today, as we see firsthand how much culture, minds, beliefs can be influenced, manipulated, in a few years-time, for the very political and financial interest of some very specific clique. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_(2004_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_(2004_film) is a pretty nice exploration of that topic.