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You obviously did not get around much, and never ventured out of your peer group abroad. If anything, humans are remarkably similar, and that similarity transfe

You obviously did not get around much, and never ventured out of your peer group abroad. If anything, humans are remarkably similar, and that similarity transfers even to the ugly of racism, sexism etc. Just because some country has no empire to project the ugly, doesent mean its not there.

coldtea 4y ago
I've actually travelled all around the world (including the US), but thanks for the irrelevant ad-hominem... >If anything, humans are remarkably similar, and that similarity transfers even to the ugly of racism, sexism etc. Which is neither here, nor there. Nor does every country/culture has the same levels of racism, sexism, etc. Same way they don't have the same levels of religiousness, mass shootings, and so on.
- qikInNdOutReply 4y ago
  Naw, alot of the mass shooting is just empire violence, the individual thinking itself something elevated by virtue of being part of society, can no longer take insults/setbacks and goes on a rampage against the insulting other and its future. Its all been there and it has been widespread, though not always in this shape and form. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel The religousness of the US and its conservatives are not that rare either. Iran comes to mind.
  - wahern 4y ago
    Religiosity in the U.S. used to be a source of tolerance and even liberalism. That's because though predominately Christian, the U.S. was diversely Christian, composed of denominations and sects that were previously and in some cases contemporaneously killing each other in Europe. I think it's a worthwhile reminder as it provides an example of two things: 1) religiosity is not synonymous with conservatism and balkanization, and 2) diversity is not synonymous with an inability to cooperate or share an identity.

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You obviously did not get around much, and never ventured out of your peer group abroad. If anything, humans are remarkably similar, and that similarity transfe

by qikInNdOutReply 4y ago

coldtea 4y ago
I've actually travelled all around the world (including the US), but thanks for the irrelevant ad-hominem... >If anything, humans are remarkably similar, and that similarity transfers even to the ugly of racism, sexism etc. Which is neither here, nor there. Nor does every country/culture has the same levels of racism, sexism, etc. Same way they don't have the same levels of religiousness, mass shootings, and so on.
- qikInNdOutReply 4y ago
  Naw, alot of the mass shooting is just empire violence, the individual thinking itself something elevated by virtue of being part of society, can no longer take insults/setbacks and goes on a rampage against the insulting other and its future. Its all been there and it has been widespread, though not always in this shape and form. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel The religousness of the US and its conservatives are not that rare either. Iran comes to mind.
  - wahern 4y ago
    Religiosity in the U.S. used to be a source of tolerance and even liberalism. That's because though predominately Christian, the U.S. was diversely Christian, composed of denominations and sects that were previously and in some cases contemporaneously killing each other in Europe. I think it's a worthwhile reminder as it provides an example of two things: 1) religiosity is not synonymous with conservatism and balkanization, and 2) diversity is not synonymous with an inability to cooperate or share an identity.