I wanted to ask this question for some time now , about what type of behaviour is worse on the part of nations/cultures .
Imagine that there is a culture which considers iteslf superior to all others ( at least , all others it has encountered so far ) . Currently , it is the strongest of all those it knows , and can , if it wants to , overwhelm the others .
Now there are two ways the given state can behave
a) It can try to "civilise" the others it considers inferior , the way the Europeans did
b) It can say , "Let them rot in their own s*** , why bother ourselves with the barbarians" , the thing India has practised whenever it was powerful .
Out of these , which is the more arrogant attitude ? And which is the better one ( when we consider both , the said state and the people it considers barbarians ) ?
Imagine that there is a culture which considers iteslf superior to all others ( at least , all others it has encountered so far ) . Currently , it is the strongest of all those it knows , and can , if it wants to , overwhelm the others .
Now there are two ways the given state can behave
a) It can try to "civilise" the others it considers inferior , the way the Europeans did
b) It can say , "Let them rot in their own s*** , why bother ourselves with the barbarians" , the thing India has practised whenever it was powerful .
Out of these , which is the more arrogant attitude ? And which is the better one ( when we consider both , the said state and the people it considers barbarians ) ?
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