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If you think highly patriarchal and misogynistic cultures are the equal of those which allow freedom and independence for people and particularly for women then you are not thinking clearly. Of course all cultures are not equal.

In Malawi witchcraft is still powerful and Albinos are killed for their body parts to be used in spells and old women are still murdered as witches. So, no, all cultures are not equal.

AND SORRY MATE BUT MISOGYNY, INFANTICIDE, WITCHCRAFT DO NOT HAVE EQUAL VALIDITY. What a ridiculous position.

It is wrong to say Western culture has embraced genocide given how many people in Western cultures are protesting against it.

What you need to remember is that the average person does not care much about what goes on beyond their world and life and they rely on mainstream media for their information. That is changing, particularly with younger generations accessing alternative information sites.

What you can say is that domination of the US and its obsession with Israel, has allowed genocide to happen, indeed, armed it to happen, and too many gutless allies have gone along with it. That is however beginning to change. None of that represents Western culture.

The domination of the world by one State, the US, does not represent Western culture or its values. Neither does genocide, occupation, colonisation, ethnic cleansing. The fact these things exist is not because of Western culture but because of flaws and failings in human nature.

And let us not be total hypocrites. Genocide and ethnic cleansing go on in some places all the time, particularly Africa and India and they are not Western cultures.

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