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The 21st century humanist understanding was always predicated on a world order of massive inequality and international power balances. Now that non-Western coun
by Bakary 4y ago
The 21st century humanist understanding was always predicated on a world order of massive inequality and international power balances. Now that non-Western countries are providing more competition, and Western countries are seeing their relative living standards drop, it's not a coincidence that humanist values are more wobbly than before.
- vkou 4y agoDoesn't even have to be an international power imbalance, a municipal one is sufficient. Notice how the federal secret police is attacked in this thread, but as soon as I turn the conversation to the abuses of local police, HN consensus turns against me. People in the upper-middle class are afraid of the former, but have far less issue with brutality from the latter. The power imbalance it maintains is largely comfortable for us. I find it quite hypocritical, but that's also not something that democracy makes any guarantees about.