They really do make the most compelling case for white supremacy I've ever heard if all of these things really are "white."
But they're not.
I know I'm preaching to the choir but lemme break this down:
From the top: that first one, individualism, is the basis for why none of these are oppressive. See below.
Non-Judeo Christian religions are "foreign" but we enshrined the right to it into our constitution. I'm an atheist and I've definitely felt "foreign" or like an outlier or even at times an outcast for that, but it is absolutely illegal for anyone to force me into any religios act.
Our history is heavily based on the British empire because we factually were a British Colony. The land may have been Native American land, but the British conquered them. This isn't an opinion or a culture; you're free to study any other history you want, such as Native American history, but as for the nation known as USA, that is our history: a British Colony that rebelled and then expanded by conquest.
As for the values and worth, that "individualism" thing comes in again: you're free to have your own values. You don't have to like skinny blonde girls or view money as everything or like men who are rich, smart, and powerful: you can fuck fatties or go for the theater major or define yourself by a hobby instead of your job. Hell, tons of people identify as what they bump their genitals against instead of their job.
As for law, "intent counts" is actually pretty shaky on a lot of things. Let's say you sneeze and knock over something in a store and it breaks: you're still on the hook for damages. On the other hand, if someone cuts your breaks and your car hits a pedestrian, that's murkier as to whether the fault is with you or with whoever cut your breaks. Our law is fairly complex and nuanced, for better or for worse. But other white cultures have other legal systems; in the US we have precedent based law (also called case law), most of white Europe, for example Germany, are more statutory based and past rulings are generally not factored.
As for being #1.... Yes. That is how competition works. Team competitions actually highly value sacrifice for the team to become number one, too. Again, this is nuanced.
Extroversion is preferred, but just under half the population are introverts. Just because it's what's dominant doesn't mean it's enforced. Shocker, the loud, forward, active ones define what you see out there, what you see defines expectations. I'm an introvert. I'm actively loving quarantine for the major culture shift. But it wasn't unlivable before.
"The King's English Rules." Sorry we have grammar and ways to make sure our communication can be clarified by a set of rules. Must be that objectivity bias we have.
Written tradition. Most cultures have a writing system and works, fictional and philosophical and other sorts, in that system. This is not a white thing.
We discus our personal life all the damn time. We are a very emotional culture; compare to the fairly stoic Japanese, for example.
Are we "aggressive" or do we "avoid conflict"? Pick one to accuse us of.
Sorry for the late reply, but I agree, and think the basic argument in society should be framed as
individual, merit and constitution/laws
vs
Marxism, loss of liberty, and increased forced state mandates
Forget Whiteness: a growing economy, opportunity from the marketplace, and intact families; also work ethic, and communication...do not throw these thing out!
The bizarre thing is they're not just happy that we're not forcing them to stay in their families or such. You can have no fault divorces (can be good: I don't want an abused spouse to need to prove anything before they can leave to safety). You're not required by law to keep in contact with your birth family (good: I don't want anyone forced to associate with a family they were born into with no choice if that family is harmful to them). Females can just drop their kids off at a firestation or hospital and be free of them (can be better than the kid being raised by a mother who really has no love for them or who would just as well neglect/abuse them---men are generally on the hook for child support more regularly, but that's another issue).
I can see arguments for sometimes abandoning those general good "white" values.
But now they want to stop everyone, saying Capitalism and being willing to work hard and long or having dedication to your family are all bad things, not only for you but somehow that you choosing these things also hurts them by setting up that expectation culturally.
They really do make the most compelling case for white supremacy I've ever heard if all of these things really are "white."
But they're not.
I know I'm preaching to the choir but lemme break this down:
From the top: that first one, individualism, is the basis for why none of these are oppressive. See below.
Non-Judeo Christian religions are "foreign" but we enshrined the right to it into our constitution. I'm an atheist and I've definitely felt "foreign" or like an outlier or even at times an outcast for that, but it is absolutely illegal for anyone to force me into any religios act.
Our history is heavily based on the British empire because we factually were a British Colony. The land may have been Native American land, but the British conquered them. This isn't an opinion or a culture; you're free to study any other history you want, such as Native American history, but as for the nation known as USA, that is our history: a British Colony that rebelled and then expanded by conquest.
As for the values and worth, that "individualism" thing comes in again: you're free to have your own values. You don't have to like skinny blonde girls or view money as everything or like men who are rich, smart, and powerful: you can fuck fatties or go for the theater major or define yourself by a hobby instead of your job. Hell, tons of people identify as what they bump their genitals against instead of their job.
As for law, "intent counts" is actually pretty shaky on a lot of things. Let's say you sneeze and knock over something in a store and it breaks: you're still on the hook for damages. On the other hand, if someone cuts your breaks and your car hits a pedestrian, that's murkier as to whether the fault is with you or with whoever cut your breaks. Our law is fairly complex and nuanced, for better or for worse. But other white cultures have other legal systems; in the US we have precedent based law (also called case law), most of white Europe, for example Germany, are more statutory based and past rulings are generally not factored.
As for being #1.... Yes. That is how competition works. Team competitions actually highly value sacrifice for the team to become number one, too. Again, this is nuanced.
Extroversion is preferred, but just under half the population are introverts. Just because it's what's dominant doesn't mean it's enforced. Shocker, the loud, forward, active ones define what you see out there, what you see defines expectations. I'm an introvert. I'm actively loving quarantine for the major culture shift. But it wasn't unlivable before.
"The King's English Rules." Sorry we have grammar and ways to make sure our communication can be clarified by a set of rules. Must be that objectivity bias we have.
Written tradition. Most cultures have a writing system and works, fictional and philosophical and other sorts, in that system. This is not a white thing.
We discus our personal life all the damn time. We are a very emotional culture; compare to the fairly stoic Japanese, for example.
Are we "aggressive" or do we "avoid conflict"? Pick one to accuse us of.
Sorry for the late reply, but I agree, and think the basic argument in society should be framed as
Forget Whiteness: a growing economy, opportunity from the marketplace, and intact families; also work ethic, and communication...do not throw these thing out!
The bizarre thing is they're not just happy that we're not forcing them to stay in their families or such. You can have no fault divorces (can be good: I don't want an abused spouse to need to prove anything before they can leave to safety). You're not required by law to keep in contact with your birth family (good: I don't want anyone forced to associate with a family they were born into with no choice if that family is harmful to them). Females can just drop their kids off at a firestation or hospital and be free of them (can be better than the kid being raised by a mother who really has no love for them or who would just as well neglect/abuse them---men are generally on the hook for child support more regularly, but that's another issue).
I can see arguments for sometimes abandoning those general good "white" values.
But now they want to stop everyone, saying Capitalism and being willing to work hard and long or having dedication to your family are all bad things, not only for you but somehow that you choosing these things also hurts them by setting up that expectation culturally.