“But isn’t ‘good’ in the eye of the beholder? And doesn’t its meaning vary in real and fundamental ways across cultures?” “You’d think. But as it turns out, no. Slavery, child rape, and depriving women of all their rights is a no-no everywhere. Do that in Somalia, and you’re still looking at a lousy score.” One reason Danna eschewed an academic career was fear that this sort of statement would end it. Would get her denounced as a racist imperialist—then shamed, fired, and probably doxed. But it serves her purposes to decree this as gospel to Phluttr (it also feels wholly correct to her, so
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