>because they rely on eastern values That's almost bordering on orientalism. The fact that everything you do has a social dimension, that the way you live impa

>because they rely on eastern values That's almost bordering on orientalism. The fact that everything you do has a social dimension, that the way you live impacts the people around you is a true fact, not an eastern value. It's simply that we in the West ignore this at our own peril because we ideologically pretend that every man and woman is an island. That what any individual does has no impact on their surroundings, and for that reason that society cannot impose on our "private decisions". You can actually map out obesity spreading within families and communities like a viral disease. That's why they have a 4% obesity rate spending almost nothing, why over here half the nations are obese despite spending hundreds of billions on individual livestyle fixes. They have a correct understanding of how societies work in this regard at least, we've given up on it. This is not about subjective cultural values.