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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Many indigineous peoples uphold sustainability as crucial to their culture.

Many of every other nation, race, culture and creed do too.

It is actually a common logical failing of Western thinking to assume that everyone sees the world and interacts with it the same way (like them).

See how the sentence describes the crime you just committed? Philosopher, heal thyself.

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Many of every other nation, race, culture and creed do too.

Not in the way that Indigineous cultures actively do today. See the sources listed by fossilesque above. Indigineous peoples often find themselves in a position where they have to protect the environment from Western corporate interests (which are an extension of Western culture).

No, there is value in sperating out the West here. Let's refer to the past 500 years of human history. You can claim that my approach is binary ie. western by seperating them out as an entity but the reality is it was their binary view of the world (ie. white people being superior) that has led us to this point. They developed the economic and technologic leverage to make that binary our lived reality. Ignoring that would be naive at best, disingenuous at worst.

It was less than 100 years ago that the average Westerner felt that white countries / cultures were moral, sophisticated, trustworthy and non-white counterparts were immoral, simple, suspicious. The noble savage is a rare stereotype that went off the beaten path, but it was still an example of yet another binary (they're simple, we're sophisticated) Western stereotype / worldview.

Coming back to the present day, was it not the Canadian government that signed a memorandum of understanding to build an oil pipeline to its west coast without consulting the Indigineous community there? I recall multiple Indigineous leaders stating they would take the government to court. That sounds to me like the Indigineous community in Canada (as one example) takes environmental sustainability more seriously.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There you go doing it again, despite being shown. Your error is deliberate, purposeful. Dangerous, disingenuous and dishonest. You only see what you want and think your blinders fashionable.

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. As we are seeing, in real time, with the flourishing of the far right in the West. Thank you for the opportunity to contextualize my argument for you in my post above. Wish you the best on your personal journey to better understand our world.