seanz on Nostr: OR it could be that cultures create images that contain people that look like them. ...
OR it could be that cultures create images that contain people that look like them. How is Vishnu portrayed? Ogun? The Buddha? Osiris? People of Europe depicted Jesus as white. Middle easterners as... Middle eastern. Do you accuse those cultures of attempting to dominate anyone because they represent their deities as looking like the people of said culture? No. You don't. Do you know why you don't? Because then you can't signal your virtue. It's not virtuous to attack Indians for making vishnu look... Indian...
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