There is nothing wrong with western civilization, and whatever 'values' there are, it doesn't matter if they are 'secular' or 'christian', as both serve society well.
People are trying to find fault where there is none, as if society can't adapt to new issues and philosophical points of view.
I would be more worried about societies that can't adapt, and just stew away till they explode into ethnic cleansing, genocide, persecution of minorities, and all those other terrible things that happen in closed societies where there is only one way to live, and only one way to do things.
If you don't like homosexuality, evolution, religion, communism, socialism, capitalism, government, taxes, cats, dogs, aliens, meat, spinach, flu shots, or secular teaching. You do have a choice, and that is teaching kids yourself.
Try doing that in closed societies like Russia, China, and parts of the Middle East - and you could get arrested, sent to prison, or shot.
Russia encourages home schooling. 1/3 of the children in Russia are home schooled. That's because Russia is a free country and we only say we are.
LOL.....oh my god.......really- can I encourage you to move immediately to Russia- 'land of the free' in your mind?
Dreams are free, even if Russia isn't for:
- Blacks (who are regularly targeted by Russians for assault even in Moscow - and Russians taunt them and dehumanize them, and people say things are bad here).
- Chinese (who complain of massive discrimination just when trading with Russians, let alone living with them).
- Gays (before the Marxist-Leninists came to power, there was discrimination, but that changed with the Soviet Union - and you know the rest i.e. gulags, torture, death).
- Jews (after WW2 Stalin began an anti-Semitic campaign, so naturally most Russians after all the state propaganda are rabid anti-Semites).
- Opponents of Putin (who are either barred from politics, assassinated by Putin or indirectly by his thugs, arrested on made up charges, or poisoned in case of Russian dissidents that flee abroad).
- Private Media (there is no free press freely operating freely in Russia, or at least any media source that isn't heavily pressured by the Russian government to conform to state propaganda lines).
- Human Rights/Advocacy organizations (which are barred from Russia for being 'foreign agents', basically shutting down any organization that isn't Russian government funded or kissing Putin's ass)
- Foreign businesses and investors (who make the mistake of thinking Russia is like other countries, and find their assets seized and the company shutdown overnight i.e. state nationalization, manufactured corruption charges, and so on).
- Average Russians (even those kissing Putin's ass, can't avoid rampant corruption and bribes to police, bad working conditions, bad wages, and a government too busy enriching themselves and their state mafia).
- Peace Activists/Dissidents (who are arrested for non-violent protests - whether over Ukraine or the repressive government in general, and in many cases even killed by Extreme Nationalists).
But it is paradise for:
- Russian politicians and tycoons in favor with Putin (who can appropriate state funds to enrich themselves, have plenty of prostitutes, and overall live it up).
- Neo Nazis (the head of Occupy Pedophilia that goes after gays, and assaults little kids to adults and tortures them, is a Neo Nazi, and gets official sanction from Putin, token prosecutions are launched occasionally though).
- Extreme Nationalists (who are actively used to crush dissent/peace activists, and can act with impunity, just like with Neo Nazis there are only token prosecutions).
- The Russian Orthodox Church (who get state favoritism and money, and act as the morality police of Russia, just like during Tzarist days).
- The Russian Mafia (who can easily bribe police and public officials, and carry out criminal activity like Al Capone could only dream of).
- FSB (really they only just changed the name from KGB, and they still get cozy benefits for going after people who Putin and his thugs don't like).
So which of the favored groups is Tipsy going to be, if she/he leaves the 'evil old USA' and our 'moral corruption'? Unless Tipsy can sell state secrets for entry like Snowden.
. it's the Democratic Party List.
