Our society has suffered an iconoclasm. All of our symbols are defunct and many have been outright smashed. There are consequences to this.
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they're not all negative, and not all positive. much of what was destroyed was not worth preserving. much what was destroyed should not have been smashed so hastily.
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Replying to @StubbornLights
dignity-culture norms, melting-pot pluralism, the good side of skepticism (the part that inoculates against cult-like fanaticism), the good side of spirituality (the part that inoculates against nihilistic despair), "amateurism" in the classical meaning of the word
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without dignity-culture norms we slide back into tribalism and honor/shame culture which is more or less guaranteed to result in sectarian violence sooner or later
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Could you explain what you mean by "dignity-culture norms"?
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reasonable description here, contrasted with honor/shame culture and victim (oppresor/oppressed) culture http://scholars-stage.blogspot.com/2015/09/honor-dignity-victimhood-and-death-of.html …
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