>I thought that Westerners finally agreed that cultural imperialism is bad? Yet here you are proclaiming the superiority of Western culture over all other cultures.
Uh, no, it is the left that decided this. When communism and socialism failed to take over the world, they switched to a cultural relativism argument, which they don't actually believe themselves, as they still think capitalism is wrong, no matter where practiced.
My guess is this applies to you. Do you really think, for instance, that slavery was ok when the West practiced it?
As to how you tell how good a society is, one way is simply asking its inhabitants how good or bad their lives are.
Uh, no, it is the left that decided this. When communism and socialism failed to take over the world, they switched to a cultural relativism argument, which they don't actually believe themselves, as they still think capitalism is wrong, no matter where practiced.
My guess is this applies to you. Do you really think, for instance, that slavery was ok when the West practiced it?
As to how you tell how good a society is, one way is simply asking its inhabitants how good or bad their lives are.