RE: Ethnocentrism
January 30, 2022 at 2:22 pm
(This post was last modified: January 30, 2022 at 2:23 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I'd say that any country that fails to embrace multiculturalism is setting itself up for needless conflict. With boru on that one. People are going to like each other, people are going to like things about each others cultures. They're going to adopt and there's going to be transfer. All we determine is how painful we're going to make it for ourselves and others. I think your comments about the wests need to quickly get ahead of that curve are understood in that light. A china on our (past or legendary) better terms would be a positive thing for the entire world - and, as you note, on an even more massive scale by default. Similarly, us going down the road of cultural isolation would be harmful if for nothing other than our (current) outsized influence.
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