Culture

The superiority of a culture has no bearing on how successful it is. It is impossible to define a superior country because superiority is all a matter of opinion. Each culture judges the others in reference to their own so superiority becomes almost irrelevant. Let's say Society A likes to eat fish. They're fish fanatics and all of them just adore fish. But when Society B says they don't like fish Society A looks down at them and calls them inferior for not having any fish. Every culture has it's own view on good and bad, so judging which culture is "best" has absolutely no meaning. Success however is slightly easier to quantify. The definition of success is based in whatever the popular opinion of it is, which at this time means economic and political power. During the Industrial revolution it meant increased output with minimal input of work, and during the Englightenment it meant new ideas being brewed inside scholarly brains. Now it is defined by how large the economies of our cultures are.



The phrase "the communist/capitalist countries of the world were wrong to judge the communist/capitalist countries based on outsider cultural knowledge. The only sound judgement comes from hard economic, political, or scientific facts" may be true, but that certainly doesn't stop anyone from judging. The validity of this statement is somewhat marred by the fact that it will never be upheld. Judgement based on the ideals of our own society is inevitable. The only way to withold biased judgement is to withold judgement completely.