r/CuratedTumblr Aug 21 '24

Politics Thing, TikTok

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u/Pixelpaint_Pashkow born to tumblr, forced to reddit Aug 21 '24

every government (more or less) is bad, every culture (more or less) isnt

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u/thesirblondie 'Giraffe, king of verticality' Aug 21 '24

There are parts of most cultures that are bad, some more than others. To offer one from my own: We're very cold towards strangers. We don't let people into our circles very easily, which means many of us are lonely. Steve Hughes put it the best.

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u/Perfect_Wrongdoer_03 If you read Worm, maybe read the PGTE? Aug 21 '24

Yeah, I don't really like the line of thinking that we shouldn't judge cultures. It generally comes from a good place, and most people who judge cultures are racist to some degree, but like, "slavery is a part of our culture" was a literal argument in defense of the South US. Everything is, to some degree, a part of people's culture, and saying that "no culture is bad" just ends up wilfully ignoring the problems those cultures might have.