Yeah there’s definitely some culture shock and points of contention with our values. They also seem to take the 90’s “colorblindness” approach, and see anything else as creating division. And ofc some of them go full on Reefer Madness with what they think weed does.
But they don’t have the brainworms American politics create, so that’s a big plus. I think there’s a lot of potential value in this cross-cultural communication. I think most of them haven’t actually seen anyone explain or make the case for this or that take, because they just haven’t been in dialogue. I would say, don’t assume they’ll be unreasonable like chuds even if they’re off the mark on an issue.
Imagine going through a portal to the 90’s, except in this universe people aren’t anticommunist or religious. Some archic takes but way fewer brainworms than most places.
Yeah, it’s possible to have a genuine dialogue on things. Even someone who is relatively chuddish will hear you out.
The insistence that “negative peace” be maintained a bit more difficult for me to grapple with, but I’m hardly in a position where I should attempt to tackle that in the first place
Yeah there’s definitely some culture shock and points of contention with our values. They also seem to take the 90’s “colorblindness” approach, and see anything else as creating division. And ofc some of them go full on Reefer Madness with what they think weed does.
But they don’t have the brainworms American politics create, so that’s a big plus. I think there’s a lot of potential value in this cross-cultural communication. I think most of them haven’t actually seen anyone explain or make the case for this or that take, because they just haven’t been in dialogue. I would say, don’t assume they’ll be unreasonable like chuds even if they’re off the mark on an issue.
Imagine going through a portal to the 90’s, except in this universe people aren’t anticommunist or religious. Some archic takes but way fewer brainworms than most places.
Yeah, it’s possible to have a genuine dialogue on things. Even someone who is relatively chuddish will hear you out.
The insistence that “negative peace” be maintained a bit more difficult for me to grapple with, but I’m hardly in a position where I should attempt to tackle that in the first place