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: This "culture of penitence" makes it difficult to criticize contemporary violations of human rights elsewhere, as the West feels it has no right to judge.

– Compares the differing attitudes of Europe and the United States. The Tyranny of Guilt: An Essay on Western Masoc...

– Examines those who profit from perpetual remorse. : This "culture of penitence" makes it difficult

: Bruckner acknowledges Western crimes like slavery and colonialism but argues that constant self-flagellation has become a "secular version of original sin". The Tyranny of Guilt: An Essay on Western Masoc...