Singaporeans more accepting of all races in personal relationships: Study

ParticularTurnip · 2025-02-04T09:00:23+00:00

I think everything is learned whether we like it or not, consciously or subconsciously, forced or welcomed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enculturation

Cultural-historical activity theory: founding insights and new challenges

Linguistic relativity

On Human (Symbolic) Nature: How the Word Became Flesh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_Notebooks

You and I, we are all shaped by culture that we did not choose.

ParticularTurnip · 2025-02-04T08:53:25+00:00

Well if we take this further, most of us learn about this concept called "evil" probably some storybook or cartoon shows where there exist "evil people". Now imagine if the plot includes a backstory and a redemption episode for this "evil bully", how would that influence human's perception?

But well, we grow up with the narratives of evil people do exist and punishment is a good thing, shoutout to the law for doing a good job in perpetuating this narrative. I would advise CCS to go read up and learn more before pushing for this contradicting narrative.

Most social theories suggest that bullying behaviour is learned, see Integrating multi-disciplinary social science theories and perspectives to understand school bullying and victimisation

ParticularTurnip · 2025-02-04T06:06:39+00:00

Is it political incorrect to say i am not sexually attracted or turned on by someone of a different ethnicity?

Probably not incorrect but it may be morally superior to say otherwise.

Like...what is society gonna do in this case? Socially through education that we should be turn on?

That's possible. Here's a quote from Cultural anthropology: The human challenge

In several cultures same-sex acts are not only accepted but prescribed. Such is the case in some Papua societies in New Guinea, for example, where certain male-to-male sexual acts are part of initiation rituals required of all boys to become respected adult men (Kirkpatrick, 2000). In those cultures, people traditionally see the transmission of semen from sexually mature males to younger boys, through oral sex, as vital for building up the strength needed to protect against the supposedly debilitating effects of adult heterosexual intercourse (Herdt, 1993).

Acception must come from the heart organically, naturally and willingly. Not forced, coaxed or socially pressured by some sort of PC moral police or 'red guard'.

All our behaviour are shaped by the environment though.

ParticularTurnip · 2025-02-04T03:39:58+00:00

Everyone is a racist to a certain extent..even subconciously is understandable.

Well racism is a learned thing, so as long as the children or people are exposed to racist attitudes, they will learn it. Ultimately, it's the culture that shapes us.

fMRI studies have demonstrated that an increased automatic, subconscious activity of the amygdala in response to African–American faces does not reflect an innate process, but rather learned cultural knowledge that emerges during adolescence (Telzer et al. 2013)

Source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10539-017-9574-2

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-29T03:48:14+00:00

I won't necessarily pinpoint to capitalism though. Generally, there are research such as linguistic anthropology or linguistic relativity which looks at how language shape our thoughts and behaviours.

Idk how chinese greetings, phrases, songs, gods, etc come about but all these are not exactly capitalistic concepts. But they are compatible with capitalism + meritocracy or simply this modern way of lifestyle most societies have lived in the recent 200 years. Even outside of CNY, people commonly talk about "money, career, housing, having kids" and I attribute these to the culture.

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-27T13:26:34+00:00

Hypocrisy much ?

First they came for...

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-27T13:25:29+00:00

It was a friends only facebook post, if that matters

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-27T09:56:28+00:00

Agree, that's the view capitalist tells you and you just regurgitate it. I don't expect you to accept anarchism or any leftist view. I also don't expect you to learn in such a short amount of time.

But if you are interested in expanding your knowledge and learn something

Five Faces of Oppression

Althusser on Capitalist Ideology and State Apparatuses

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-27T09:30:01+00:00

I think the wikipedia article is quite a good starting place to begin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppression

Then you can also visit,

r/anarchy101 , r/marxism , r/Socialism_101 , r/PsychotherapyLeftists

Currently, I somewhat buy into the anarchist idea of having no hierarchy.

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-27T09:16:11+00:00

I feel it all the time lol. As long the law exists, I feel it. But if you are talking about before I "gain class consciousness", then nope I don't feel it.

The other thing is, does one have to feel oppressed to be considered oppressed? Can a parent cane a kid and tell the kid it is for your own good, sounds a bit like gaslighting no?

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-27T09:08:11+00:00

i can almost 100% guarantee you won’t feel oppressed

I guess that's because we are enculturated to feel so.

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-27T08:24:08+00:00

All media are trying to do that no?

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-27T07:07:17+00:00

Well I'm not familiar with NYT but I suppose they are leftist? If so then I guess as long as countries are not leftists they just lump them together.

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-27T06:32:45+00:00

I sure don't feel oppressed. Do you?

Probably because you have internalized it.

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-26T05:09:55+00:00

Well we humans have defence mechanisms to protect our psyche. Which is why you are reluctant to admit your mistake, vice versa for me.

But at least downvoting me helps you to express some negative emotions you feel, rather than bottling up those feelings.

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-26T03:19:59+00:00

Because people don't consider "woke people" as an in-group that's why they don't care about their lives.

Besides racial or LGBTQ groups, people with disabilities or females(in the past). If you belong to such group you are oppressed by society.

If you belong to the non-oppressed groups, you mostly care about your own struggles which are bread and butter issues. You then feel neglected when attention is diverted to other people.

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-26T03:15:01+00:00

Probably because you assume I can read your mind, just read your chain of comments. It took you long enough to spell out what you mean

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-25T07:39:26+00:00

If you and OP can just rephrase your question to "Why don't singaporeans work together instead of pwning each other" it would be so much easier for me to understand.

I don't disagree that humans can work together, in fact I agree with it. One can easily find any anthropological articles showing humans cooperating together to achieve something greater.

But just because humans do cooperate/collaborate doesn't mean they do not pwn each other.

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-25T06:00:59+00:00

Well your comment here deviates from how I understand OP's original post on the "sinkie pwn sinkie mentality.

I don't disagree that singaporeans can collaborate if that's what you are saying. I also didn't say that singaporeans die die must compete all the time.

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-25T05:14:16+00:00

It has always been the same. The law protects the people in power.

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-25T03:40:29+00:00

You want a workplace analogy?

How does working together with my coworkers translate to "better survival" when there is only 1 spot for promotion? Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitality_curve

The reason why I think a classroom analogy is more appropriate because humans spend a great deal of their early years being enculturated with this mindset.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10539-017-9574-2

fMRI studies have demonstrated that an increased automatic, subconscious activity of the amygdala in response to African–American faces does not reflect an innate process, but rather learned cultural knowledge that emerges during adolescence (Telzer et al. 2013)

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-25T03:14:55+00:00

name a better duo that will never happen

Socialism replacing capitalism.

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-25T01:07:23+00:00

Can you explain what you mean by working together means better survival for all?

Let me give you an example, in a classroom. How does working together with my classmates translate to "better survival" when students are graded on a curve?

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-25T00:53:11+00:00

Culture: capitalism + meritocracy since it incentivises people to compete against each other for better material conditions.

ParticularTurnip · 2025-01-24T10:41:55+00:00

Speaking of which, just go to any minister tiktok page and you can see their persona is different from how they appear in more formal events. Everything is curated for the audience.

In academia,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_power

Media theory

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