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<blockquote data-quote="PsyzhranV2" data-source="post: 8347385" data-attributes="member: 7015332"><p>Nazism is a political ideology, not a culture in the sense that "German" is a culture. Would you call Republicanism, or Hindutva, or Marxism-Leninism cultures?</p><p></p><p>And yes, "monster cultures" aren't monoliths. No culture is. So emhasize that. No culture should be defined by its worst elements. That's just fuel for propaganda. Every culture has progressive and positive elements; they may be subversive towards the dominant cultural myth, but they exist. For every negative element of a given culture, there are people who willingly participate in it but also people who are subjected to and oppressed by it, even if they belong to the ostensible "in-group". Highlight that.</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Bandit" and "raider" tell me enough already; just by using those words, we know that they're people who attack farmers, merchants, and other civilians to steal their goods. Now, there may be underlying reasons for that; maybe they've been forced to turn to banditry due to poor economic conditions, or maybe they're part of an insurgent group for whom banditry is their main way of procuring supplies. But no matter the reason, we know from the word "bandit" that they are people who steal from others using force.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, "goblin" tells us that... the person is a goblin. That's it. Useful if we need a visual descriptor, but it doesn't really give any info beyond that.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Cultural essentialism is also a negative thing that should be avoided, even when decoupled from biological essentialism.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PsyzhranV2, post: 8347385, member: 7015332"] Nazism is a political ideology, not a culture in the sense that "German" is a culture. Would you call Republicanism, or Hindutva, or Marxism-Leninism cultures? And yes, "monster cultures" aren't monoliths. No culture is. So emhasize that. No culture should be defined by its worst elements. That's just fuel for propaganda. Every culture has progressive and positive elements; they may be subversive towards the dominant cultural myth, but they exist. For every negative element of a given culture, there are people who willingly participate in it but also people who are subjected to and oppressed by it, even if they belong to the ostensible "in-group". Highlight that. "Bandit" and "raider" tell me enough already; just by using those words, we know that they're people who attack farmers, merchants, and other civilians to steal their goods. Now, there may be underlying reasons for that; maybe they've been forced to turn to banditry due to poor economic conditions, or maybe they're part of an insurgent group for whom banditry is their main way of procuring supplies. But no matter the reason, we know from the word "bandit" that they are people who steal from others using force. Meanwhile, "goblin" tells us that... the person is a goblin. That's it. Useful if we need a visual descriptor, but it doesn't really give any info beyond that. Cultural essentialism is also a negative thing that should be avoided, even when decoupled from biological essentialism. [/QUOTE]
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