Is every Civilized culture barbaric in some ways?

Question

Is every Civilized culture barbaric in some ways?

Answer

Barbarism is relative through the eyes of the judging culture. Western nations have historically defined barbarians as those who are able to produce the basic fundamentals of civilization such as horticulture and domestication, but are do not have certain commodities such as a written language. brbrMore realistically, most cultures define barbarism on a scale in which their highest aspirations would mean civilized and those who do not have these qualities would be barbarians or savages. For America, people who do not participate in a standard currencytrade system or who do not respect traditional family values would be considered barbarians. On the other hand, to many cultures Americans are barbarous because we place materialistic goals higher than societal and familial obligations in many circumstances.