@Clinicallydepressedpoochie to Ask Lemmy • edit-22 months agoIf earth encountered a snobby alien race that looked down on us for being barbarians, and appreciated only fine art, would the entire planet immediately start pretending they are sophisticated?message-square27arrow-up158arrow-down13
arrow-up155arrow-down1message-squareIf earth encountered a snobby alien race that looked down on us for being barbarians, and appreciated only fine art, would the entire planet immediately start pretending they are sophisticated?@Clinicallydepressedpoochie to Ask Lemmy • edit-22 months agomessage-square27
minus-square@NeoNachtwaechterlink-8•edit-22 months ago barbarians Their assessment would depend heavily on chance: Which continent do they look at? For your question, would we be pretending, it is the same.
minus-square@ClinicallydepressedpoochieOPlink2•edit-22 months agoFor the aliens, barbarian is considered predominantly rasicst people. So most the world is considered barbarians.
Their assessment would depend heavily on chance: Which continent do they look at?
For your question, would we be pretending, it is the same.
For the aliens, barbarian is considered predominantly rasicst people. So most the world is considered barbarians.