> There is this idea that conformity is valued highly in East Asian cultures, and I have never been there and consequenly can't tell if this is true. Conformit

> There is this idea that conformity is valued highly in East Asian cultures, and I have never been there and consequenly can't tell if this is true. Conformity is highly valued in all human cultures. It's what makes a culture a culture, what stabilizes and maintains it. The difference is more that Americans like to delude themselves with self-aggrandizing rhetoric, but don't have the experience and training to actually put it into practice.