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This is also a cultural difference i think. The US as a society is highly individualistic. Living on your own at 18 for instance, is considered absurd in a lot
by kazen44 7y ago
This is also a cultural difference i think.
The US as a society is highly individualistic. Living on your own at 18 for instance, is considered absurd in a lot of regions of the world because children are supposed to care for their father/mother later in life.
- StavrosK 7y agoYou're right in general, but the "because" is wrong. You could say that the causality goes the other way (you should take care of your parents because they took care of you), but it would be more accurate to say that people just take care of family at every turn because that's what you do. As a data point, my family (and most others I know) doesn't consider its member's wealth really separate. My parents consider their wealth as ours (the children's) too, my sister and I would spend all our wealth taking care of our parents if they needed it, etc.