Loyalty to the group - family, workplace, country - is huge in Japan. The expectation is that those who are no longer productive for society will still be taken

Loyalty to the group - family, workplace, country - is huge in Japan. The expectation is that those who are no longer productive for society will still be taken care of, by family, prior workplace, or society. And then the US is on the opposite end where you are largely treated as on your own where you find the most hostility to automation.