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OMG the world is shrinking for SV. As US gets deeper and deeper into its Cultural Revolution more and more countries with strong cultural identity do not follo

by chewz 5y ago

OMG the world is shrinking for SV. As US gets deeper and deeper into its Cultural Revolution more and more countries with strong cultural identity do not follow and become more and more selective in adopting US model - China, Iran, Russia, India, Europe...

diomedes 5y ago
I'd rather see the culture that gave us the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Vedas, Upanishads, Algebra and many more outstanding creations have it's own way of doing capitalism, or whatever the heck they end up with, than having a another copy of the US, with more curry and funny accents. This new Americanism seems like the cultural incarnation of entropy, whose sole purpose is desertify culture itself.
- rishav_sharan 5y ago
  That culture has been long gone for thousands of years. The current culture of anti-intellectualism, pseudo-nationalism and hatemongering will not take India to any forefront of world leadership. The sooner we Indians stop living in the past and live in the present - and work for our future, the better.
  - truth_ 5y ago
    Most people fail to realize this. The culture that had Ashoka as an Emperor, hosted Buddha in its soil, made breakthroughs in Mathematics and astronomy is long gone and disrupted. The condition of ower caste people were always horrible, and women were always oppressed. But that society was also open to sex, gender identities, open, free-flowing debate, LGBTQ, alcohol, etc. that are now carnal sins in modern Hindu narrative. What is gone is gone.
rayiner 5y ago
France: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/world/europe/france-threat-american-universities.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/world/europe/france-threa... > PARIS — The threat is said to be existential. It fuels secessionism. Gnaws at national unity. Abets Islamism. Attacks France’s intellectual and cultural heritage. > The threat? “Certain social science theories entirely imported from the United States,’’ said President Emmanuel Macron.

by chewz 5y ago

diomedes 5y ago

I'd rather see the culture that gave us the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Vedas, Upanishads, Algebra and many more outstanding creations have it's own way of doing capitalism, or whatever the heck they end up with, than having a another copy of the US, with more curry and funny accents. This new Americanism seems like the cultural incarnation of entropy, whose sole purpose is desertify culture itself.

rishav_sharan 5y ago
That culture has been long gone for thousands of years. The current culture of anti-intellectualism, pseudo-nationalism and hatemongering will not take India to any forefront of world leadership. The sooner we Indians stop living in the past and live in the present - and work for our future, the better.
- truth_ 5y ago
  Most people fail to realize this. The culture that had Ashoka as an Emperor, hosted Buddha in its soil, made breakthroughs in Mathematics and astronomy is long gone and disrupted. The condition of ower caste people were always horrible, and women were always oppressed. But that society was also open to sex, gender identities, open, free-flowing debate, LGBTQ, alcohol, etc. that are now carnal sins in modern Hindu narrative. What is gone is gone.

rayiner 5y ago

France: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/world/europe/france-threat-american-universities.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/world/europe/france-threa... > PARIS — The threat is said to be existential. It fuels secessionism. Gnaws at national unity. Abets Islamism. Attacks France’s intellectual and cultural heritage. > The threat? “Certain social science theories entirely imported from the United States,’’ said President Emmanuel Macron.