I'd say that an inability to respect other cultures, and at least try to be sensitive to it's history is an inability to respect sentience and intelligence. We're going to one day run into another intelligence. I fear that so long as there are a huge amount of those who only care about those they can identify with, that we won't be ready, and we won't be mature enough as a species.And I would say an inability to respect culture, and be sensitive to history and context, is an inability to respect humanity.
You don't necessarily need to like another's beliefs. That's fine, we're all different. But so long as they don't infringe on your personal freedoms, safety, and individuality, a laissez faire approach is probably the best. That's pretty much how I am with religion.
Nationalism is dangerous, because it seems to have a tendency to just judge and even stoke paranoia.
Direct democracy is shit when the people are uninformed, uneducated, and don't have a tendency to do the necessary research and critical thinking.but as usual facts don't matter when the people get to vote, which is the reason why direct democracy is a shit.
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