ASA 02
September 30, 2015
In the Boggs paper on thinking more dialectically, the main point to take away is the fact that there is progress in society and many different individuals can contribute to this societal progress. She poses questions on countercultural ideologies, which pick at the topic of cultural tensions taking place in our society today. One question that Boggs asks that got personally got me thinking into these social misconceptions and differences is: "How do we live more simply, so that others can simply live?" I believe this is the question that must be answered in order for humanity to progress. Our social and cultural differences, for example, differences between people of the United states and people of an Asian country, must be put aside in order to truly understand each other and live in order to truly improve relations amongst people with different cultural and ideological differences. We all bring forth different cultural norms and ideologies that help shape our society, and none of these ideologies are necessarily superior to the other. It is very apparent that many people from Asian countries have immigrated to the United States over many decades, bringing along their cultural ideologies.
In terms of the Zapatista movement mentioned in the paper, is there any noteworthy or significant changes being made in the global south by this movement to balance the Global Norths consumption and depletion of resources?
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