Are all cultures equal?

[Joan Nyan]

I mean that the fact Europeans figured out how to build and navigate ships to the Americas before vice versa happened doesn't mean the Native Americans were inherently stupid. I just phrased it really really wrong. Had they not been colonized upon, in enough time, they would've figured out the scientific method, and urbanization/industrialization too.

That's another reason why the Noble Savage fallacy is just that, had N. America remained isolated from outside influence, tribal lifestyle would still have eventually ceased to exist because technological advancement would've obsoleted it, and Natives would not have stuck to the "old ways" like some kind of real-life race of elves who live in harmony with nature.. if given the chance to reduce infant mortality, extend life expectancy and grow food to abundance, EVERY society TAKES it, history has proven it.

Any sufficiently large population will produce smart people in enough abundance to make technological advancements.

Eventually they might have created technology but Europeans figured it out first. Does that not count for anything?

 

[Gym Leader Elesa]

Eventually they might have created technology but Europeans figured it out first. Does that not count for anything?

Objectively, there is no measure of a truly superior culture. Each culture will say it is the best, and all of those cultures will be both right and wrong.

Subjectively, obviously European culture was the best.

 

[Joan Nyan]

Objectively, there is no measure of a truly superior culture. Each culture will say it is the best, and all of those cultures will be both right and wrong.

Subjectively, obviously European culture was the best.

A semi-objective measure of a culture would be whether or not the rest of the world wants to be part of it/imitate it. Looking at the rest of the world's clothing, technology, and entertainment it's pretty clear that west == best.

 

[Linako 2.0]

hell no.
anyone who thinks otherwise hasn't been to other cultures.
t.- someone who grew up in different cultures

 

[Ravenor]

Eventually they might have created technology but Europeans figured it out first. Does that not count for anything?

It does but Europe was a little odd in that regard, After the fall of Rome till about 1400 we where prity much technologically stagnant, and then a few key factors came into play that allowed us to develop at an accelerated pace and we then reached a point where frankly there was no stopping us from developing faster than any one else, and for anyone then to play catch up was frankly impossible and hardly anybody could counter that in any meaningful way especially in the americas where there was culturally rich people but where technologically poor.

 

[Eldritch]

White > All Other

Now hold on, nips are still honorary aryans on account of their outstanding children's cartoons.