Lawry deBivort wrote: > Third World culture, generally, seems to take life more thoughtfully than do > Industrialized/Western culture. Real issues seem to be more thoughtfully > discussed and attended to.
I guess this explains their penchant for military juntas. > In comparison, Western culture seems too > commercial, materialist, and comsumerist. We too easily accept hype, > self-promotion, deceit and immodesty. Please don't confuse "the West" with the USA. > I am also finding that I like 3rd world music better than American pop. Why not take the best of all worlds? (there's Ländler music too -- a 1st-world world music) > Western people don't seem to know how much wealth is enough, so they are > on a continuous treadmill toward acquiring 'more.' And because 3rd-worlders are soo very different, the migration stream goes from there to the West? > Of course, this is all general. There are many exceptions in both worlds > to these generalities. "In general, generalizations are wrong." > One of the hopeful signs is that there are individuals in both cultures who > share a growing appreciation for the problems intrinsic to Western culture, > and who are actively searching for alternatives. I would like to be among > them. Lesson 1 is to understand the difference between empire and nation-state. Cheers, Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
