Is native American culture the most useless culture?

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Few Native American technologies and thus cultural practices from before European contact could compete with contemporary Eurasian technology and resulting cultural practices.

None of them really compete with 'modern' technology and resulting cultural practices which we call 'western' but really it includes a bit from every component.

The point is cultural practices to a large degree is a result of technology and environment.

Pre-columbus native American populations were far more limited (fewer inventors) and their environment lacked key tools like any domesticatable beasts of burden. Both of which served to keep Native American cultures far more primitive than Eurasian cultures. (Australian cultures which had even less were even more primitive).

That said our physical tools are not the only aspect of our culture, thou they limit the domain of the rest our intellectual tools can be as important.

In this respect the invention of the birth control pill has enabled western culture to adopt an anti-family attitude which of course is why it is now demographically heading right into the dustbin of history.

Other cultures which more successfully resist allowing such technology and toxic attitudes will replace the west.

[BCA6010]

Which one? They're not exactly homogenous...

And regarding "usefulness," any culture that you're never exposed to or interact with in any way is completely irrelevant to you.

[Astarlessnightsky]

How do you even define the "use" or "useability" of culture?

[exitseven]

Who is to say what is useless? Their culture goes back a long time. .

[ProbablyClueless]

I wouldn't say that at all. A lot of Native culture is really quite rich and beautiful.

[Dargil]

It's not useless to them.

[Agape93]

Nope