I Feel Like Dinesh D'Souza

I'm initially inclined to argue that everything, culture included, is subjective. There is no definite ruling on one thing being "good" or "bad," "better" or "worse." Because no person is uninfluenced by biases, it seems as though there is no quantifier for one culture being superior over another. However, a culture exists because of the people who brought it to life. It survives because there are people who maintain it. It makes sense then that culture relies on its people. Since a culture seeks to benefit its people, it provides a clear way to measure its success relative to others: how happy people are living under the culture and how satisfied they are with it. People are the root of all cultures and civilizations, and people live for happiness, constantly striving to better their own life. A culture that does not impede people in their search for personal satisfaction - or better yet, a culture that improves itself to allow its people to be happy - is a superior culture in this sense. Perhaps arbitrary quantifiers such as power, wealth, or possessions seem to be the primary goal, but these are all forms of bringing happiness to the people living with the culture.

I almost completely disagree with this statement. As a country that is indeed biased to themselves has every right to judge another country in whatever way it pleases. Assuming that we are speaking from the country's point of view rather than the global perspective, a country can disagree with another's way of life relative to their own. Nothing prevents a country from doing this, especially when another country poses a potential threat to the well-being of another. The only part I agree with is that these judgments cannot be based on an outsider's perspective. As in any other situation, with inadequate information, facts can be portrayed inaccurately. In this case, a country's opinion, while perfectly valid, would be based off of false evidence. As I argued above, these quantifiers mean nothing if a country's people are unhappy. However, with a country, the consequences are far more severe. With low nationalism, countries will fall apart more easily from the inside. People do not care about political, economic, or scientific facts; people care about their individual lives.