That, and westerners are so deeply pessimistic about humanity and the future, that they think that because their governments are run by greedy assholes, that’s it’s a universal trait.
IE the “it’s human nature to be evil” argument. No, it’s just your bourgeios / capitalist dictatorships only that incentivize and reward selfishness.
westerners are so deeply pessimistic about humanity
True but I think that it is even more due to essentialist thinking, the colonial mindset and the capitalist realism, making them believe that any specific aspect of the western society is a pure consequence of human nature
That, and westerners are so deeply pessimistic about humanity and the future, that they think that because their governments are run by greedy assholes, that’s it’s a universal trait.
IE the “it’s human nature to be evil” argument. No, it’s just your bourgeios / capitalist dictatorships only that incentivize and reward selfishness.
True but I think that it is even more due to essentialist thinking, the colonial mindset and the capitalist realism, making them believe that any specific aspect of the western society is a pure consequence of human nature