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Re:The story of the Tank Man photo by its photographer by ALittleLight on Friday June 04, 2021 @03:37PM (#27398127)
This is a difference between peers and competitors. There are countries in Europe, the Antipodes, or Japan that are peers in the sense of having similar (or in some respects superior) and compatible moral systems. A competitor is a different and perhaps incompatible system that is nevertheless striving with ours.
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Re:The story of the Tank Man photo by its photographer by BobbyJo on Friday June 04, 2021 @04:12PM (#27398563)
What confused me about your comment is what you mean by 'striving.'

If our morals are competing, I take that as we are trying to win in the domain of morality, not that the domain of morality is a piece of the competition in the domain of global mind share

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Re:The story of the Tank Man photo by its photographer by ALittleLight on Friday June 04, 2021 @05:03PM (#27399050)
I see the US and most Western countries as more individualist, liberal, democracies. China is more of an authoritarian, collectivist, technocrat model.

These models reflect moral as well as political beliefs. The models are also not compatible - meaning we can't be both and the more of one the less there is of the other. This is the sense in which we have conflicting views and are striving against one another to promote our ideology.

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Re:The story of the Tank Man photo by its photographer by fvdessen on Friday June 04, 2021 @06:29PM (#27399798)
> not that the domain of morality is a piece of the competition in the domain of global mind share

Haven't the 'best morals' always have been those with the most mindshare ?

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Re:The story of the Tank Man photo by its photographer by BobbyJo on Friday June 04, 2021 @08:43PM (#27400850)
The best morals are the ones that not only spread, but also persist. Morals that preserve and promote trust and cooperation tend to win in the long run.
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