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I also found that quote very odd, for similar reasons. My immediate question was: Why is this treated as a specifically Russian tendency? The mindset sounds i

I also found that quote very odd, for similar reasons. My immediate question was: Why is this treated as a specifically Russian tendency? The mindset sounds intimately familiar to me as an American. Many people, perhaps even most, operate on that idea. Our politics are heavily dependent on that idea. It also heavily underpins our justice system.

_Tev 3y ago
> Why is this treated as a specifically Russian tendency? Would an American (or any person in any country in the EU) receive a medal for such murder? I expect not, and would be horrified otherwise ... But I don't think it's unique for Russia, they just get much more spotlight.
csours 3y ago
> Why is this treated as a specifically Russian tendency? Because everyone in that part of Russia understand and feels that honor-based reaction. The Southern US also has a history and reputation of honor-based communities. The difference is that in the US, most people do not think this way, and there is a cultural tendency towards accepting and understanding differences with your neighbors, or at least signaling such. --- I think that honor based societies do not do a good job at understanding change. The problem is that the opposite of honor is guilt/shame, and that emotional reaction heavily masks the facts of the situation. It may be a difficult and foreign concept (It's difficult for me), but reading about guilt-free organizations is very interesting to me. The thing that was hardest for me was understanding that guilt and responsibility are different things.