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The morality of the largest economies (generally backed by the largest military) has always been pushed onto others. Isn't this the way the world has worked sin
by latch 7y ago
The morality of the largest economies (generally backed by the largest military) has always been pushed onto others. Isn't this the way the world has worked since the dawn of the first civilizations?
Not you specifically, but most people on HN have probably been the overwhelming beneficiaries of this approach.
- omegaworks 7y ago> Not you specifically, but most people on HN have probably been the overwhelming beneficiaries of this approach. That doesn't make it right.
- lone_haxx0r 7y agoDo you say that because most people on HN live in the USA and other developed countries? Just curious.
- bsamuels 7y agothat's probably why he's saying that, yes
- Barrin92 7y ago>Isn't this the way the world has worked since the dawn of the first civilizations? Not really, for most of humanity's history people could barely even figure out what happened on the other side of the mountain or the sea. The extreme degree of globalisation that carries these policies and attitudes across the globe is pretty new. It wasn't even the case in the 60s or 70s say. It's predominantly online markets that are dominated by individual companies, control used to be significantly more national.
- ygjb 7y ago> Not really, for most of humanity's history people could barely even figure out what happened on the other side of the mountain or the sea. And yet, for around 30,000 years people have been going off to battle to impose ideals, take stuff, or stop other folks imposing ideals and taking stuff. The average mook in those battles may not have known what was going on, nor did the folks who stayed home in relative safety, but make no mistake, the wealthy and powerful have been imposing their morality as long as there has been a threat to wealth and power... it just happens much more quickly and broadly these days.
- pjc50 7y agoBritish imperialism managed this over a century ago, although the globalised culture wasn't present throughout the colonised societies, only in the upper level. Telegrams could pass the most important news all the way to Capetown, before the radio took over. This also came with the imposition of Victorian morals everywhere (bans on homosexuality, mandatory opium).