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US culture has victims in cages on the border with Mexico, victims in Gitmo, victims being locked up in prison due to racism, and about a million victims in Iraq/Syria. Not to mention most of global warming is from rich people.

Are you okay destroying US culture? Or are you an apologist for our racist justice system?

Would, as you put it "cultural imperialism which destroys such cultures as have victims would be strongly preferable to the continued existence of such cultures" in the context of Western culture?

See what I did there? If the point I tried to make above isn't clear:

* The point isn't to say slavery is okay -- it's obviously not -- but a lot of stuff in every culture is not okay.

* A lot of other stuff in every culture is not okay as perceived by other cultures (especially around sex, gender, and religion), but comes down to values.

* And a lot of other stuff is beautiful, unique, and good.

Western cultural imperialist interventions haven't worked out well in the past. I'm glad to write more about that too. Even if you -- as most of these comments seem to -- believe that Western culture is superior, culturally imperialist interventions haven't led to the outcome you want.

What interventions are you proposing, and why would you believe they would work any better here?




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