/lit/ - Literature

>>8252030
Nah bro, i don't think any culture is more "complex" or rich. It's just different forms of expressions in the human mentality, formed socially and by enviroment.
In this context, culture is a pretty empty word. It's the practice of the culture that should be preserved.

But if you think colonialism, roman invasion on africa and slavery has anything to do with culture, youre dead wrong.

Denouncing a culture as barbaric is a trick old as literature.
What do you think the Gilgamesh epic is really about? Why didn't Enkidu try to console with the animals again and more importantly, why was the work written? I think that there is a political message that should be taken into account.

By denouncing Enkidus ways, letting him fuck a hooker and feast on chickenz you basically mark your culture as more superior as the other, in a literally sense. But that's only a bait, as the ultimate goal was to make people move into the cities that offered protection and abundance in food, in exchange of taxes, deity like admiration for the emperor and strengthening the power of the king.

The more you influence, the more powerful you become, shit, even Hamurabi made sure no one got richer than him by restricting the sale prices of oxes.

>btfo free market