I’m just reading this and am a bit confused. The dude might be racist or whatever… idk, but wouldn’t a culture that never developed written language be fairly considered “underdeveloped” in modern times?
Just a weird thread that turned to name calling super fast, and I’m not sure where that concept is wrong. Unless you believe humanity would be better developed if it devolved backwards to a point that written language didn’t exist?
You are judging indigenous cultures through a capitalist lens. It’s just not going to look like any of the indigenous people were successful.
Native Americans had written languages. They had their own philosophies (men can not “own” land). On the other side of the coin they had wars and genocides but just as the genieva convention exists today they had agreements on how to conduct those things.
But it’s so much easier saying the brown people are savages.
That’s not what you said, you said underdeveloped, two very different things.
Okay sorry I think it’s underdeveloped and undeveloped. Primitive, lesser, inferior, etc.
Ah okay, so you’re bigoted, at least you admit it.
Yes, I admit it. I’m not going to play intellectually dishonest games with you or pretend I’m something I’m not.
That’s good because I think you’re a shitty excuse for a human being.
We are all flawed. Humans are inherently flawed creatures. I’m sorry you feel like this is a personal attack on you.
That’s a convenient excuse for your racism. Fuck off, baseless, revisionist racist.
I’m just reading this and am a bit confused. The dude might be racist or whatever… idk, but wouldn’t a culture that never developed written language be fairly considered “underdeveloped” in modern times?
Just a weird thread that turned to name calling super fast, and I’m not sure where that concept is wrong. Unless you believe humanity would be better developed if it devolved backwards to a point that written language didn’t exist?
You are judging indigenous cultures through a capitalist lens. It’s just not going to look like any of the indigenous people were successful.
Native Americans had written languages. They had their own philosophies (men can not “own” land). On the other side of the coin they had wars and genocides but just as the genieva convention exists today they had agreements on how to conduct those things.
But it’s so much easier saying the brown people are savages.
No, because it is not your job, unless you are an expert in the field, to judge whether and how a culture is “developed”, whatever that means.