Culture Cage Match

The success of a culture is solely internalized and cannot be compared to other cultures. A culture's relies on the unity of its people. In other words, if the people are united and collectively support the ways of their culture, then the culture is successful. Economics, politics, and military strength are independent of a culture's success. Culture is a way of life, and if the way of life satisfies the people, then why wouldn't it be successful?

According this theory, communist countries were wrong to judge capitalist countries, and vice versa. What each culture decides and believes is completely internal and should only apply to the people involved. The tensions between the capitalist US and communist Russia did not necessarily rise out of "cultural warfare," but also mainly due to WWII aftermath, splitting up Germany, and a race for arms. Judging countries on their respective cultures, I believe, is just a way to show the tension. Cultural judgment is not necessarily tension itself, just a product.