I wrote a more philosophical post about why I love all of the babies and want all of the babies to come to America.https://medium.com/migration-issues/everybodys-babies-are-awesome-c25118a6dbec#.18l2o6i98 …
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Replying to @lymanstoneky
Please read this if you haven't: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/09/western-civilisation-appiah-reith-lecture …
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Replying to @lymanstoneky
I think the point about the artificiality and newness of narratives about "western civilization" is important.
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that's a nonsense view: of course it came to be identified as western as Europe-wide networks came to harmonize the region...
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and as exposure to more distant culture hardened the lines of difference. Duh.
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It's a nonsense construct, period. I like to define "the west" in liberal terms, but it's also the culture of Nazis & Commies.
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of course the west includes Nazis. Not 100% sure about Commies.
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I'd bet Karl Marx -- who read the classics in the original -- was more grounded in "Western Civ" than you.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @willwilkinson
by commies here, I meant USSR, as USSR is as much about Russian-ness as Communism
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Karl Marx is undoubtedly part of the western canon.
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