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Question about culture?

[c=#002673]USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Scandinavia, Spain, Greece, Australia, New Zealand etc. These are all considered to be “western” countries. They all have different cultures BUT they do all share some commonalities between them that define them as “western”. What do you think are some of the qualities that all “western” cultures share?[/c]

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SW-User

Rule of Law. Freedom of Religion. Democratic institutions. Private property.

XenonRush · M

@SW-User Freedom of Religion yes. But also think how our laws are set up. They are clearly set up to coincide with Christianity. In other words things like polygamy and things that would be common in say Islamic culture are illegal. The places in which people live. North America and Western Europe tend to live in private homes. Western cultures tends to put a higher value on materials more so than say East Asian culture.

basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M

@SW-User That's not true though is it? Private property is not a universal western value. Proudhon, Bakunin and Kropotkin ardently spoke out against it. So did the Owenites in England and James Connolly in Ireland.