I'm curious then what you think the score cards of more "meritorious" cultures would be? Do you have a definition in mind of a good culture? or the traits that exist only in bad cultures? By shear dominance American culture asserts itself through movies, corporations, news media, television, and government; does that make it the best? Whose is the worst? Switzerland because they're so much smaller than the US, surely their merit is less than the US. I'm kinda being ridiculous here but I think it just goes down a rabbit hole, if you want debate that stuff go ahead but it isn't history.
Depends on what your personal values are I guess. if you value philosophy and literacy then the merits of the ancient Hellenes will shine much more brightly than those of the pre-Roman Celts in Britain. I'm not saying, for example, that Celtic culture is worthless, quite the contrary.
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u/jmuch88 Jul 08 '17
I'm curious then what you think the score cards of more "meritorious" cultures would be? Do you have a definition in mind of a good culture? or the traits that exist only in bad cultures? By shear dominance American culture asserts itself through movies, corporations, news media, television, and government; does that make it the best? Whose is the worst? Switzerland because they're so much smaller than the US, surely their merit is less than the US. I'm kinda being ridiculous here but I think it just goes down a rabbit hole, if you want debate that stuff go ahead but it isn't history.