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On the individual/family level, pretending to have no preferences re: values, norms for the treatment of oneself & others, way of life, etc. is a virulent form of gaslighting that creates anxiety + resentment & kills cooperation. To invite this on the level of the state is insane
Westerners now have such a reflexive tendency to associate *having society-level preferences at all* with a rapacious colonialism that they'll sometimes bite any bullet, defend any form of oppression or social disease not sourced from themselves. Wrong axioms, horrible conclusion
The crucial point is that having & insisting on *good* community- and society-level preferences — ones that broadly err toward liberty & human welfare — is what enables groups to accept people who are *otherwise* quite different from current members without anxiety & resentment
