According to Dinesh D'Souza, western culture (which of course forms the backdrop and context of the British Empire and the United States of America) is indeed superior to the other cultures of the world. However is this really the truth? Does the narrow-minded idea of a western society that is the creating an extreme divide within its own borders really result in a superior culture? My personal opinion is no, a culture that is causing itself to form a social and political divide is innately flawed and for this reason should be judged and dealt with with no blind eye to the obvious flaws it holds.
But that is just my opinion, what is yours? Let me know what you think in the comments ^_^
I think that no culture is superior to others. In the video he talks about other cultures that have obvious flaws, but so does American culture, we just chose to ignore it. People in general also like to say other cultures are worse than ours because they still don't respect a marginalized group. But we like to act like we didn't deny rights to this marginalized group. American culture can be hypocritical, but this doesn't stop Americans from criticizing other cultures for their flaws. I don't completely agree that our culture is superior to others because our culture can be flawed.
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