Where I stand: culture

A culture is not an end to itself. Cultures are expendable. Individuals matter.

Not all cultures are of equal worth. Some simply work better than others.

A culture can be a source of knowledge, both for positive examples and warnings. But that's not what most people mean by "multiculturalism."

Values are a central aspect of culture. All that I say about culture applies to value systems as well.

Race is a meaningless and pernicious abstraction, leading to unspeakable mischief. Race is nothing. Individuals matter.

There are two kinds of tolerance, one good, one bad. Sometimes "tolerance" is simply not making needless trouble. But sometimes "tolerance" is a word for not dealing with things.

Liberty is that part of the social contract that enforces tolerance of the actions of others.
And so, like all other forms of tolerance, it can be either good or bad.

Not everything is America's fault.

Not everything is the White Man's fault.

Not all social ills have their roots in poverty.

Not all poverty is the result of oppression.

The Western cultures are demonstrably superior to others. Never mind political correctness or ideology. This is simply the manifest truth of the matter.

The Anglophone cultures are superior to the rest of the West.

The United States is the current undisputed leader of the Anglophone world, and thereby of the West, and thereby of the world. So shall it be until someone comes along who can do a better job.

We can't just leave other cultures well enough alone, because some of them simply won't reciprocate. First time we tried that, we got the Barbary Pirates. We tried it again and got the Kaiser, and then Soviet Communism.

Globalization is neither inherently good nor inherently evil. It is simply an inescapable fact that we must come to terms with.

We can't all just get along. Certain cultural differences can't be swept under the rug or politely ignored. They must be resolved. This is the meaning of Jihad.

Because the Anglophone culture is superior to all others, I propose that all cultural differences be resolved in its favor.

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