Just reposting some comments I made to the link Mobius posted to Facebook since I think they are appropriate:
Funny. Seems to be that there are plenty of non-capitalist societies that officially promote homophobia[...]
[...]I'd even go so far as note that the biggest victories against homophobia both as a cultural norm and as a government policy have been in societies which, if not fully "capitalist", use a hybrid regulated-market plus welfare-state economic model. Not sure if there is a causal relationship beyond such societies affording greater privacy rights.
Just reposting some comments I made to the link Mobius posted to Facebook since I think they are appropriate:
ReplyDeleteFunny. Seems to be that there are plenty of non-capitalist societies that officially promote homophobia[...]
[...]I'd even go so far as note that the biggest victories against homophobia both as a cultural norm and as a government policy have been in societies which, if not fully "capitalist", use a hybrid regulated-market plus welfare-state economic model. Not sure if there is a causal relationship beyond such societies affording greater privacy rights.