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Originally Posted by MortonH
I'm only referring to the basic right of everyone to live without prejudice.
I'm not suggesting the "west" is perfect, far from it, but we've come a long way from the days of blatant discrimination based on race, orientation, etc. Other countries are on the same path but are further behind. And while I agree that we shouldn't impose our ideologies on others, that doesn't mean that people in those countries can't take inspiration from the West to further their own struggles.
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I don't know. It would be nice to think we have actually progressed but I think in many respects we've just changed "labels". Prejudice is alive and well in the west. We discriminate on a hell of a lot of levels, Age, aesthetic appearance, income, suburb, dress.... you name it.
My wife and I are both highly qualified professionals and we're at the point of selling the lot and living in a shed at our dark site. There's bugger all that western lifestyle has to offer us that we're interested in anymore. In fact... it kinda disgusts me most of the time. The people in power both locally and nationally make me want to vomit and I can't imagine why anyone in their right mind would want to emulate our "success"