"My culture is better than your culture..."

Obviously comparing success between cultures is a difficult task. "Success" is a vague term in itself, and especially when it is pertaining to something as subjective as someone's culture it is difficult to identify. A majority of people are biased to their own culture. That being said, people are likely to see the aspects in their own culture that are particularly successful, and label these as the most important aspects in a culture. For example, the United States has been successful in terms of power and military force for over a hundred years. Because of this, I think of power and military force to be one of the most important aspects in a culture. I do not think that all people are necessarily biased in favor of their own culture, as some people are actually completely against their culture. However, I do think that everyone has a preference to a certain culture or their idea of what a culture should be like, and when people say the most important aspect of a culture, that is in mind.

Because culture is so distinct and personal to the people, it is nearly impossible, and almost unfair to say that one culture is better or "more successful" than another. One could make the argument that the cultures that last the longest are the most successful, or that the cultures that are currently the most powerful in the world are the most successful. However, some cultures are actually better for certain people than others. It solely depends on what a certain person's priorities and ideals are whether or not they will be a fit for a certain culture. One way that I think could be fair to measure success is the impact that a culture has on another culture. If there are parts of a culture that are so successful for that given group of people that it inspires people of other cultures to adapt the same ideas, it is definitely a successful part of the culture. For example, if one group of people has new technology, and another culture is inspired to use the same technology for themselves because they think it will better their own culture, the first culture has measured some sort of success. If a culture has an that another culture adapts, it is basically to say that the idea is "better" than the other culture's idea because they have chosen it over their own. This is a fair way to measure the success of a culture.

In terms of the theory about judgment, I do not know if I think it is quite fair to judge other countries, although it is completely natural. Of course people are going to compare their country with another and decide which ideas are better. I still cannot decide if I think that it isn't fair for people to judge other countries, but I certainly do not blame people for doing it. The fact is, I definitely think that certain cultures are superior to others. I think that government, economic success, laws and values, and power are all ways to "rank" cultures. There is always the internal aspect of a culture, which is why it is always up to opinion to label a "better" country or culture. However, I think that anyone is entitled to their opinion of culture, and it is fair for them to judge other cultures and call them better or worse than their own. People of other countries can have opinions for themselves as well and say that the culture that I live in is worse than theirs. Passing a judgment based on "social, economic, and political facts" is very similar to passing a judgment based on one's interpretation of a culture. One can judge other cultures all they want, as long as they state their views as their opinions and not facts, because other people also have the right to disagree and state their opinion.