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My statement you quoted says nothing remotely like “unify the world into a single culture.” Read it again. “a more globally compatible culture.”

There are many different yet compatible cultures, that are able to exist together in the world. It’s really only certain aspects of a few cultures which drive them to be intolerant of other cultures, that would need to be changed.

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partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

“a more globally compatible culture.”

My apologies. You used a singular there in your language. I took that to mean one.

There are many different yet compatible cultures, that are able to exist together in the world. It’s really only certain aspects of a few cultures which drive them to be intolerant of other cultures, that would need to be changed.

So a set of compatible cultures then. What about the ones that aren’t compatible? What happens with those?

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- Steve@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  It’s really only certain aspects of a few cultures which drive them to be intolerant of other cultures, that would need to be changed.
  
  Those certain aspects which cause intolerance, would need to be changed. Nothing more.
  
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  - partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    
    Those certain aspects which cause intolerance, would need to be changed. Nothing more.
    
    Nothing more? You’re handwaving away massive changes needed to many groups including erasing or altering their culture or identity. I’ll keep playing your game though.
    
    Okay, so here’s a statement from a Muslim scholar on the doctrine in the Qurʾān:
    
    God is one and unique; he has no partner and no equal. Trinitarianism, the Christian belief that God is three persons in one substance, is vigorously repudiated.
    
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    So one side believes in one god, while the other believes in three persons in one substance.
    
    Both have extreme groups within each religion that believe only their way is correct, and will use violence when needed to prove it. Which one gets changed, and who decides who gets their belief system altered so they aren’t intolerant?
    
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    Steve@communick.news ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    You’re still thinking in very small human scales. Culture isn’t fixed. All cultures are dynamic. They are being created, changing, and disappearing, throughout the ages. 500 years ago all the various Christian and Muslim cultures were vastly different than they are now. An immortal Artificial Super Intelligence could spend centuries, 100 generations or more, subtly tweaking all various cultures toward a more harmonious coexistence.
    
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