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A lot of places have societies where culturally the game is about getting ahead of others. You're all together in a society competing for the top spots. Wherea
by didibus 6y ago
A lot of places have societies where culturally the game is about getting ahead of others. You're all together in a society competing for the top spots.
Whereas certain other cultures are more about working together to create an ideal environment for all to be emancipated and enjoy life to its fullest.
Personally, I prefer the latter, as it just seems much more enjoyable and fun to live in such a culture. The former culture is stressful and doesn't really seem to bring as much value out of my life, it feels a lot more artificial in its end goal. Instead of appreciating the time on a planet full of wonders, you spend the time feeling good knowing you beat others and ended on top. I honestly couldn't really find salvation in that goal, on my last day breathing, I'd feel like the king of fools, a fool none the less, and like I just missed out on a life that could have been so much more. But off course that must just show my cultural bias. And I wonder if happiness is cultural, while I would be happier in the latter culture, someone born in the former might be happier in that one. Just something for me to keep pondering about
- arebhaibhai 6y agoThere sure is a difference about always working on own happiness and family/parents happiness. Both are stressful at times and both are rewarding at times. One might feel like foolish and other one just selfish but there is lot more overlap than you think. But then you don't see so many old age home types of things in the latter. It's just culture where people care more for others happiness than their own. One example of such culture you may find interesting: Since most of the India lives in rural areas and journalist live in cities, you may never hear it. When in a village someone makes a lot of money, he will give a feast to the entire village, sometimes even 7 or 11 villages. You can say how foolish he is.. He can roam entire Europe with that kind of hard earned money, meet new people, be happy. Right? But for him, seeing so many of his fellow villagers having one delicious meal is far more fulfilling. And this keeps happening often here. Earlier they used to make wells for water for all, etc.
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- Aeolun 6y agoHaving grown up in the latter culture, and moved to the former (or at least a country where it’s more prevalent), I think I’d find it hard to go back. While the latter is generally a lot more relaxed. It’s also really bad at rewarding exceptional people, so I find that basically all the exceptional people I met there have moved to different countries/cultures. From a friend who moved back I heard that he suffered from some severe reverse culture shock. “Like, people just drink coffee half of the day.”
- TrackerFF 6y agoThat's one thing I enjoy about Scandinavia - we have a very collaborative culture, where the community is above the individual. The concept of "gaming the system" is extremely frowned upon, and everyone should strive to be the morally best person they can be. But if you're financially or materialistically motivated, there are some drawbacks with this, though. - Higher taxes - More compressed wages (an Engineer with a Master's Degree will for example "only" earn around 1.5-3 times what low-skill minimum wage workers earn - compared to other countries where this multiple could be 5-10) - A bit less entrepreneurial spirit With that said, I enjoy living here. Life is comfortable, and there's no endless pursuit of getting richer, just for the sake of becoming rich. Retirement is not the be-all and end-all goal of life here.