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I'm a bit worried we keep discussing the same ideas and we miss the less obvious ones, and the more ingrained. We can pretty much all agree race, drugs, religio
by radu_floricica 18y ago
I'm a bit worried we keep discussing the same ideas and we miss the less obvious ones, and the more ingrained. We can pretty much all agree race, drugs, religion, pornography, sex and minors, copyright infringement are controversial topics, but (with the possible exception of sex and minors) they have been talked to death.
I'd like to see a place where a Chinese reader can point out what he considers a default taboo in western culture.
Edit: And a list of 100 taboos has a better chance of hitting a couple I'm not aware of.
- rms 18y agoIf you put the wiki up I'll try and contribute a couple of taboos... Some default Western taboos are the inability to question the institutions of capitalism and democracy.
- radu_floricica 18y agohttp://taboos.wiki.zoho.com/TabooCollection.html http://taboos.wiki.zoho.com/TabooCollection.html
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- eru 18y agoCapitalism gets questioned a lot in the west. Just go to your nearest union meeting.
- lutorm 18y agoI'm not sure even in union meetings they are questioning whether abolishing capitalism would be a good idea. Look at the coverage of Hugo Chavez in the US. He's been elected several times (and had referenda fail) in internationally monitored elections, yet coverage often puts him in the same sentence as Castro. That's what happens if you are really thinking about alternatives to capitalism.
- david927 18y agoOnly if by Western you mean "the U.S. and Japan." Canada, Europe and the rest of the Western world has a deep understanding of the limitations of Capitalism, and the word Socialism can be said without it being confused with Communism.