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Originally posted by Darkblack
was that a troll or did I just not understand what you are trying to say? Mind saying it in a different way?
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Pretty much every leftist I've ever spoken to believes that there are no absolutes (which is kind of strange since that statement is an absolute, but I digress...).
For instance an absolutist view of a third world country's culture would be "The American way of life is obviously superior. They live in mud huts and chuck spears at animals while we live comfortable lives full of amenities and things like travel into outer space are almost trivial."
A relativist view would be "Our cultural standards are too different, what makes us happy might not appeal to them and vice versa. We aren't in any position to judge their culture or say it's better or worse than ours."
Liberals overwhelmingly tend to hold the latter view, so I thought it was ironic that you, as a self-described far-left liberal, were complaining about a lack of absolutes. That's all.
