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by graemep 729 days ago
There is even more than that.

The west (admittedly this not only a flaw of the west) tends to think its cultural norms, identities and values are human universals.

There is also a tendency to think that the golden age of peace and prosperity the west enjoyed after the end of the cold war is the rather than the exception - it even lead to silly ideas like "the end of history".