Perhaps it's human nature though for at least part of your cultural identity to be defined by the degree to which you differentiate yourself from other cultures

Perhaps it's human nature though for at least part of your cultural identity to be defined by the degree to which you differentiate yourself from other cultures. I'd think that must at least explain a lot of anti-Western sentiment in the world even in places that would seem obviously able to benefit from adopting at least some of the institutions and basic principles that have proven themselves successful in the Western world. The fact that so few places have successfully done so (Japan and S. Korea being two obvious examples) is telling.