Message from @woll3
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quite funny
white man comes, gives gifts medicine food, money
villagers become entitled, feel like they're owed more and more, threaten him and demand more gibs
human nature
@Fitzydog it was me responding to comments on reddit, which i gave in quotes
primitive peoples always have trouble integrating
same with any drastically different culture i suspect, integration has to be slow
august resents the guy because he feels he needs to catch up to the modern world, but that welsh man is the only way he can, so he feels like the welsh guy has all this power over him
it's an uncontrollable human feeling
imagine if earth was at the edge of the universe, and there was this alien civilization that was much larger
and some alien comes to earth and says, well all alien trinkets can only be bought with alien money, which is worth a million times more than any currency on earth
so the only way to get alien money is through the alien guy who comes to earth and talks to you
meanwhile, earthlings are fully aware of alien civilization, it gets broadcast on the internet, tv, etc.
there are successful humans that move up in alien society, but then there's an underclass living on earth
and you can move up if you have enough alien money, but the only way to get that money is through like one guy
and you can't afford a trip to the alien land
i think that's what i feels like
and say the aliens have a cure for cancer, but it can only be bought with alien money
your friends have cancer, etc.
how so
the feeling, maybe
but the difference lies in how to achieve it
last thing you would do is sperg out towards the alien friend
say, in order to integrate into alien society, you have to give up western values too
like some cultural thing you value - eg. the new guineans value their rituals
@woll3 well, the alien friend might be act like some SJW boss who keeps sending you back to sensitivity training
you would be able to act it out
fake it until you make it?
yeah, and thats the main thing here why this example imo doesnt work too well
im just trying to explain why it's hard - this doesn't change the fact that integration has to be slow for drastically different cultures
its just that your example is fairly compatible/graspable in comparison
@woll3 well basically, if you encounter a superior culture, you'll immerse yourself in it right
then you'll grow detached from your old way of life, but then you gotta give up western values - so it's a great temptation, self inflicted suffering that's impossible to avoid
it would be different if you cannot comprehend their logic
you can cut yourself off entirely from the alien civilization, but know that your friends will ahve to die of incurable diseases that humans can't deal with on their own
or that you will
or you yourself arent equipped to think tactically
oh ok
well, the aliens don't have to be super exotic for the example to work