I was considiering the development of the human mind and thought of how much it has evolved (in terms of individuiality and personality) since the days of feudal europe. There was only room in their minds for loyalty on the lower levels of the social structure. On the upper end of the social structure, the entire country was just an extension of
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pee ess i always enjoy your entrys, they are very interesting
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Well, with how most (not everyone) is today like you were stating people would view the world as a map drawn on the window rather than opening their minds to the world outside. So many people are afraid with stepping outside their comfort zones to think about different cultures or even America's subcultures. Like in my french class with how everyone kept saying how the french are so backward and complicated. They never once began to question that maybe we are the ones who are backward...or that no one is truly backward being that is how the people in those cultures were raised to live. Many may catagorize me as being of the gothic subculture, and while I am unsure I do have that sort of mindset discluding all the stereotypical fixtures of what most people think, but what sets me and others apart from the archetypal thinker is that we do try to think from another person's perspective and keep open minds to much of what surrounds us, leaving us with little comfort zone ( ... )
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It is absolutly vital to the expansion of knowledge to try to understand how the other 96% of the planet thinks. Not to be close minded.
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