Re:Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii
by contingencies on Sunday December 27, 2020 @05:10PM
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In many ways Chinese (and perhaps those in Japan, Korea and Vietnam) are still prisoners of Confucianism, the (deeply misogynist and authoritarian) philosophy of a man who lived 551–479 BCE.
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Re:Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii
by trianglem on Sunday December 27, 2020 @11:17PM
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Confucianism is a fantastic belief system with amazing humanistic values and a track record of not fomenting any conflict. Not everything is going to fit progressive mindsets and believe it or not large segments of the population like the stability that comes with the mild authoritarianism.
Re:Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii
by contingencies on Sunday December 27, 2020 @11:57PM
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Unsure how to get on board with the "fantastic belief system" part (what exactly is 'fantastic'?), or the anti-conflict part as I believe most scholars of ancient history would say it has been the driver of the Chinese state which has 'integrated' numerous adjacent cultures over the last 2500 years. Present era stability is nice, however this was not always the norm, so I am umsure how much can be ascribed to Confucianism...
Re:Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii
by trianglem on Monday December 28, 2020 @01:52AM
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It is fantastic because it doesn’t make up a supernatural being or god. It stresses strong family values, compassion, creativity, self-help, reverence and kindness.
Re:Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii
by contingencies on Monday December 28, 2020 @03:24PM
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That is a pretty weak response. I believe we should judge the impact of cultural traditions by their practice not by their supposed theoretical scorecard. Your statements could be equally applied to all the major monotheistic traditions and look how much war and suffering they have produced.
Re:Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii
by selimthegrim on Monday December 28, 2020 @12:36AM
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Ever been an orphan in one of those societies?