the core values of life — Pantagruel
As far as I am concerned the only core value is survival. — ovdtogt
Who is 'us'? — ovdtogt
These might more accurately be described as anti-values. — Pantagruel
So do you think that those who gravitate to socialism have fundamentally different values than those who gravitate to capitalism? If so, are they reconcilable? Or can they at least co-exist under the same roof?Socialism is not sold. Capitalism is sold. Socialism is solidarity. Capitalism is survival of the richest. — ovdtogt
To what extent you are more socialist than capitalist tends to be determined by your upbringing. — ovdtogt
. Essentially, we have become a monetized culture, drifting further and further away from the core values of life. — Pantagruel
how the idea is taken up, hence the term cultural packages. How these ‘ideas’, and I’m not even sure that’s an accurate term, get transferred is of interest to me, — Brett
Ok, I get that you are focusing on the process, but doesn't aren't the nature of the process and the nature of the contents intimately related? — Pantagruel
Without any real quantifiable criteria of "fitness" or "value" too, other than the fact that they spread. If they are significant at all I'd say it is as the "low-watermark" of cultural consciousness....sn't a meme a culturally transmitted disease? If you are looking for the origin of memes, you need look no further than PR. They are the great purveyors of memes. — ovdtogt
Without any real quantifiable criteria of "fitness" or "value" too, other than the fact that they spread. — Pantagruel
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