Post B5ShteyW6DcqrwPO5o by Chip_Unicorn@im-in.space
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       Too many people mistake personal preferences for universal truths.I just read a fascist statement that cultures can be ranked.Believe it or not, that doesn't bother me at all.At my level of knowledge and ignorance, I rank cultures that build cities above those that don't. (This is one, among many, reasons why I adore México. They built cities larger than Europe's cities, in a land without iron. I suspect I would adore southeast Asia for the same reason.)But I have a huge problem with anyone who says those choices are objective -- as those fascists did.How one chooses which cultural assets are important are subjective, not objective. So the ranking of cultures is also subjective, not objective.No, all cultures are not equal -- but that doesn't mean there is an objectively "best" culture.