youre immune to SJWism

Not really

It's worse when I'm in public by myself

around friends it's not as bad

The more I'm occupied with something, the less tics i have

> Do you believe protecting culture is more important than economic growth, and why or why not?

I mean, that depends *a lot* on the culture in question, now doesn't it?

For this question, it would be your country's culture

Finnish culture? *Meh idk.* Soviet culture? Hell yes its more important.

Also, it would depend a lot on what is meant by "economic growth"

if by this is meant some kind of "capitalist growth" then fuck that shit, culture of almost any country is more important

but if by "economic growth" is meant growth in productivity that translates to general well-being of the people, then this is quite different

it would be a pretty mean spirited move to deprive a community of its culture in the name of progress

it would be a pretty mean spirited move to impoverish a community in name of culture

its a duality, both sides are important

that would be up to those communities to decide on whats important to them or not

but here the correct answer depends on many variables

The entirety of the United States cant speak on the behalf of certain specific ethnic groups

Native Americans for example have some land that companies are apparently interested in cuz it has oil

btw US is interesting in this sense, while it is more incohesive than many European countries in terms of culture, it *does* have a certain American culture to itself, which, contrary to the moanings of the European ethnofags, has its traditions etc.

But the land in question is where their burial sites are

The US is pretty interesting in that it has a lot of culture both brought by immigrants and culture developed within each states

As for general culture they all agree upon western values shared by other western countries

freedom of expression, equal rights etc

I personally am of the school of thought that culture is downstream from material and technical conditions, so this is why I ultimately don't think too much of the culture part in this section, because as long as there is material and technical progress, culture *will* adapt and form around it and create basis for a new civilisation.

Then again, the culture in the West has become so hollow due to capitalism and empty progressivism that transhumanism has become a thing, so I've been forced to adjust my views slightly.

as for the U.S, yes

culture there is very much all over the place and region-variant, but a coherent red thread, "federal culture" lets call it, does exist

The West has stil managed to hold on to its cultures unlike a certain eastern country

Which is china

Thats basically what a country would look like if we abanoned the importance of culture

eh, I'd say that Chinese culture is still alive. Its...disfigured, I think, a bit, and has a massive inferiority complex towards Japanese culture, but such a culture does exist.

Chinese culture in general is about having an inferiority complex

well yes

Thats why they put on a face of being wealthy even though theyre not

Very materialistic culture

this kind of becomes embodied in their relationship with Taiwan, this inferiority complex, where their whole national psyche becomes fixated around this one small island

Western culture today is fucked

@broskaroo Welcome!

but it is also directed by the CPC to a large extent, mainly for political reasons; to draw people's eyes away from the ever-more troubled economy

Its also the same reason why theyre obsessed with being self sufficient and making it known that theyre a threat

They dont want to be bullied by foreigners