I'm someone who'd never base how happy I am on how much money I have, or how good a restaurant is because of how posh it is.
Postmodernism surely requires an even greater grasp of symbolism, as it's increasingly an art of gesture alone.
Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration, participation and representation of Muslim citizens, and occasional but lingering anti-Semitism.

