| China is reasserting its control over Tibet with its | | | | tibetans should have sovereignty. |
| usual disdain for the right to peacefully assemble and | | | | But from here on culturism takes its usual hard realist |
| freedom of the press. China "liberated" Tibet from its | | | | stance. Not all cultures believe in Western values. |
| traditional way of life, and sent the Dalai Lama into | | | | China is a race-based nation which does not prize |
| exile, in 1959. They noted that Tibet had the highest | | | | democracy or free speech. That is China's right. |
| percentage of priestly class living off the peasants | | | | Culturism would never condemn China for following its |
| ever recorded (25%). Han Chinese were then told | | | | historic cultural principles internally. China, like Islamic |
| that they could escape the one child per family rule if | | | | nations, is free to look at our debt, crime, racial |
| they moved to the Tibetan region of China. | | | | issues, rates of out-of-wedlock childbirth, as well as |
| Culturism holds that majority cultures have the right | | | | our educational failure and conclude that our ways |
| to define, protect and promote themselves. Culturism | | | | are not to be desired. Culturism wants to protect our |
| does not buy into the universal human rights regime. | | | | way of life for us, but respects the fact that a |
| It would seem culturism gives carte blanch approval | | | | diversity of international principles exists. |
| to the Chinese actions. The tough question for | | | | What can we do about Tibet? Not much. Our military |
| culturists is "does the majority in China have right to | | | | is already spread thin trying to make the Islamic |
| do whatever it wills to minorities within its | | | | Middle East Western. To conduct a war against China |
| population?" | | | | over Tibet, we would have to borrow money from |
| Tibetans still comprise the majority culture in Tibet. | | | | them. As it is, if we complain officially or boycott the |
| Despite China's discrimination for its own people and | | | | Chinese olympics they could retaliate by damaging |
| attempt to take Tibet over demographically, Tibet's | | | | our economy. Our not knowing where the Western |
| environment is so harsh that ethnic Chinese are still | | | | world ends, poor economy and moral behavior have |
| under 10 % of the population. Since Tibet has long | | | | weakened Western power. Before we worry about |
| had sovereignty and a distinct culture, and has a | | | | others' sovereignty we must worry about our own. |
| chance to regain said status, culturist principles | | | | If you wish to help Tibet, work hard, buy American |
| condemn China's actions. Within Tibet's old borders, | | | | goods, be moral and get out of debt. |