Tolerance is still a virtue, but like most things it needs to be kept in balance. Perhaps temperance is the most important virtue.
Euro civilization advanced partly because values like tolerance and anti-clannishness rose over time, allowing econ development & innovation
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Progressive values have been taken too far in today's environment, and they're destroying the west, but they're not all bad all of the time.
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@amerika_blog the warring of small clans has to be suppressed for econ development,and it's even more effective if it's bred into the people -
@amerika_blog in other words, valuing competence over identity was at the time a progressive value -
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@amerika_blog I think you're defining terms differently, but it's not a coincidence that Europe became both the most dominant and most prog -
@amerika_blog problem is that prog was taken too far and that times have changed such that progressivism is much more detrimental now -
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@amerika_blog maybe. I think we need to define terms if we really want to delve into this. - 1 more reply
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