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What is particularly Western about this? And compared to what? Do you just mean modern culture?
by ginko 6y ago
What is particularly Western about this? And compared to what? Do you just mean modern culture?
- hacknat 6y agoIt may be more than a Western phenomena, I don't know. My experience is with Western culture though. I wasn't trying to implicitly compare Western culture to some idealized other culture, I was trying to limit the scope of my critique based on my limited knowledge of the world.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoModern culture might be a more apt term—but an alternate viewpoint would be, people living in huts in rural Africa probably don't have this problem. Then again, of course, I'm sure that applies to plenty of people in the western hemisphere as well. So, I think it could be argued that the term "western culture" is a misnomer in general, and maybe even a problematic one—but I don't think GP was out of line with common usage.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoEmbracing mediocrity and anti-intellectualism. It boils down to "X is too hard. Give me something less challenging."