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HardeeHo's avatar

I realize I didn't comment about Duchesne's defense of Western civilization or about the video. I admit I am unlikely to get that book given how backed up my reading list has become. In my mind I think Western civilization has benefited from perhaps more adopted genetics from neanderthal populations intermixed to a greater degree in Western civilizations. I see it as a general tendency to tolerance in tribal groups coming together. The West seem to accept failure while also rewarding success. Failure in other societies often meant social isolation and a degree of intolerance.

As one reviewer of the book notes we even tolerate the views of the woke bunch which are contrary to most of society in their framing. So our tolerance may have led to extensive advancements in technology but has the deficit of allowing attacks on that same society; attacks only possible because of the newer technologies. Our one human trait that seems impossible to eradicate or control well is our rampant greed which underlies many religious principles to reduce that tendency.

But I admit to have limited knowledge of the world of socialization other then via observation. I am of the physical sciences with limited background in other areas.

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Graham Seibert's avatar

We each have our stories to tell about race. In California we always had quite a mix, and never had institutional slavery or Jim Crow. A few years ago I pulled my lifetime observations into this piece.

http://grahamseibert.com/Writing/My_history_with_race.pdf

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