Therefore, it's a very user-friendly value. Some say that it's inherently singularist and ideological, but don't believe them. A western value is what you need. Get yourself one and if you are not satisfied, return it to us within 30 days for a full refund. A typical western answer.
Nihilism is a proud daughter of western civilization.
At first this might seem impossible. Also, to attempt to define a culture seems to require a gross simplification, an inevitable reduc- tionism that begs for justification. Given this, perhaps we have little choice but to define western values as simply capitalist ideology. Certainly, that is a gross simplification that leaves much out, but at least it identifies the culture of power and therefore a dimension of all cultural manifestation. In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground, and Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions.