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>We see this as country after country discards the old ways and adopts western culture. I don't understand the rationality, wouldn't your thesis mean that othe
by licebmi__at__ 6y ago
>We see this as country after country discards the old ways and adopts western culture.
I don't understand the rationality, wouldn't your thesis mean that other countries which are supposedly more closed won't abandon their ways? With what I know about history, western culture doesn't seem more prone than others to incorporate other cultures. We can find evidently countless examples of western culture adapting to new ideas and foreign cultures, but only seems special if we ignore the rest of the cultures doing the same.
- WalterBright 6y agoWestern culture does indeed adopt what it likes from other cultures. But the nature of western culture changes little. I've traveled in foreign countries, and over my life I've noticed they become more and more like the west, not the other way around. Sometimes you'll see countries violently reject western culture and return to their old ways, but it's a losing game for them.