“Every word we speak is a gift from our ancestors.  Every thought we think was thought previously by someone smarter.  The highly functional infrastructure that surrounds us, particularly in the West, is a gift from our ancestors: the comparatively uncorrupt political and economic systems, the technology, the wealth, the lifespan, the freedom, the luxury, and the opportunity.  Culture takes with one hand, but in some fortunate places it gives more with the other.  To think about culture only as oppressive is ignorant and ungrateful, as well as dangerous.  This is not to say that culture should not be subject to criticism.” ~ Jordan Peterson, via 12 Rules for Life (Page 302)