"What we call victimhood culture is a moral culture, based on ideas about right and wrong. Societies and groups don’t usually have radically different systems of morality, but their moral systems do differ, especially on what virtues and vices they emphasize. So in an honor culture, where physical bravery is emphasized, men may fight duels over small insults. They demonstrate they’re willing to face death to defend their reputation, and in doing so they’re recognized as having honor, a kind of moral status associated with bravery. The dignity cultures that replaced honor emphasize the worth of all individuals, and they encourage people to ignore slights rather than react with violence. It’s not that they praise cowardice or despise bravery; it’s a matter of emphasis.
Victimhood culture is a moral culture, just as honor culture and dignity culture are. It’s centered around concerns over oppression, and it leads to new moral concepts — safe spaces, microaggressions, trigger warnings, mansplaining, cultural appropriation, etc. It leads to a concern with even small slights that further oppression, and to attempts to have authorities deal with it, whether it’s by running workshops or firing offenders. The various other new culture terms address some particular manifestation of victimhood culture, whether it’s the language of safety, the outrage expressed by the activists, or whatever".
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