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Originally Posted by Makarov
Who feels guilty about things their grandparents and great-grandparents did or believed? I certainly don't. Of course, that doesn't preclude me from acknowledging things that weren't fair or just about society when my grandparents or great-grandparents were alive (or from acknowledging that we may still see effects from such unfairness or injustice). But surely no one would conflate those two things.
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I'm trying to figure out if it's a good thing or a bad thing? Either Western traditions are doing the right thing and should be praised for collective guilt over historical injustice; or Western nations are doing the bad thing and feeling guilty about things they shouldn't...
Cliff's post made it sound like we should be both praising ourselves in the West for acknowledging historic wrongs (we're awesome!), but also simultaneously bemoaning our unnecessary consciences (let's not be
that awesome since no one else is).