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´Turkey is an imitation of the West´ Pamuk says
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 01:50 pm |
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But "living at the edge of Europe" also means that there is a great temptation to imitate Europe, to the detriment of one’s own culture. "Turkey is not a part of the West. I always repeat this and I will repeat it again, Turkey is an imitation of the West. Turkey has never been colonized by Europe and because we have no wounds [from colonization], it is easier to have praise for Europe. Atatürk himself was a perfect occidentalist."
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http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10607679.asp?scr=1
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 01:53 pm |
O-oh.... I foresee 20 pages......
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 01:59 pm |
Atatürk himself was a perfect occidentalist."
this is against logic
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 05:20 pm |
Pamuk is an imitation of westerners
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 05:21 pm |
I`m 100% sure, this moron thinks that being occidentalist means being pro-western He is contradicting himself. Someone should warn him not to use words that he doesn`t know the the meaning of.
The term Occidentalism usually refers to stereotyped and sometimes dehumanizing views on the so-called Western world, including Europe and the English-speaking world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occidentalism
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 05:51 pm |
There is not limit to my country´s nationalists when it comes to slurring people who they think they are NOT nationalist enough.
Ataturk was a an admirer of the west and western life style..
Most of the articles in our first constitution were from the west..
He almost spent his entire life trying to westernize Turkey..
But you can not put ´those simple facts´ into my country´s dimwits and imbecil nationalists
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 05:59 pm |
Ataturk was a an admirer of the west and western life style..
That`s what I`m talking about. If he was an admirer of the west, how come he was also "a perfect occidentalist"?
Do I have to ignore this guy`s ignorance to be called a "liberal"? I`m sorry to disappoint his fanboys.
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 06:02 pm |
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But "living at the edge of Europe" also means that there is a great temptation to imitate Europe, to the detriment of one’s own culture. "Turkey is not a part of the West. I always repeat this and I will repeat it again, Turkey is an imitation of the West. Turkey has never been colonized by Europe and because we have no wounds [from colonization], it is easier to have praise for Europe. Atatürk himself was a perfect occidentalist."
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http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10607679.asp?scr=1
so what? Turkey doesn´t love the west because of their culture or customs or even because of their freedom, but because of economic advantages. fortunately Turks are conscious enough of a nation to want their government to give them better living standards, so naturally the government is looking to the west for tips on how to do it.
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 06:03 pm |
There is not limit to my country´s nationalists when it comes to slurring people who they think they are NOT nationalist enough.
Ataturk was a an admirer of the west and western life style..
Most of the articles in our first constitution were from the west..
He almost spent his entire life trying to westernize Turkey..
But you can not put ´those simple facts´ into my country´s dimwits and imbecil nationalists
I was going to pass a comment on that but you put it well... it is so backwards and primitive..
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 06:08 pm |
That`s what I`m talking about. If he was an admirer of the west, how come he was also "a perfect occidentalist"?
Do I have to ignore this guy`s ignorance to be called a "liberal"? I`m sorry to disappoint his fanboys.
That is what I was talking about too..
occidentalism is defined in many dictionaries as :
-the scholarly knowledge of western cultures and languages and people
-the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilization.
But when it comes to my sweet nationalists, they will go and find ´anything´ to SLUR Orhan Pamuk..
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 06:10 pm |
But when it comes to my sweet nationalists, they will go and find ´anything´ to SLUR Orhan Pamuk..
yep.. although interestingly, he´s one of few people that give turkey a good name abroad..
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 06:14 pm |
My dictionary says that Occidentalism is quote: ´noun - the character, culture, customs, etc. of the Occident´
Related Forms: Occidentalist Oc′·ci·den′·tal·ist noun
Therefore I would assume that an occidentalist is someone who appreciates/follows/admires the character, culture, customs, etc of the Occident.
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 06:34 pm |
"na to kefari,na to mermari"
It is a greek saying
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 06:36 pm |
"na to kefari,na to mermari"
It is a greek saying
"la havle ve la kuvvet"
it`s a an arabic saying
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 06:40 pm |
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"na to kefari,na to mermari" is being used in Turkey as ´nato kafa nato mermer´, specially by the parents and the teachers
Anyway..lets not to change the subject
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 06:43 pm |
"na to kefari,na to mermari" is being used in Turkey as ´nato kafa nato mermer´, specially by the parents and the teachers
Anyway..lets not to change the subject
that`s a good description for Pamuk`s fanboys!
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 06:49 pm |
that`s a good description for Pamuk`s fanboys!
Well sorry but you keep copying and pasting the same thing again and again despite the fact that we are giving you the different definitions..
It is like ´noo..i dont care what it says in those dictionaries..but the real definition is this´.
Anyway..lets stay in the topic...
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 06:58 pm |
Folks, stop cursing one another.
"Nato mermer nato" kafa as it is used in Turkish means you are thick as a brick...
You mustn´t call each other like that. I devote a full page just to imply that.
In my opinion most people are cureless idiots. These are usually harmless people.
The problem begins when an idiot thinks he has an IQ exceeding those of others combined.
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 06:59 pm |
It is like ´noo..i dont care what it says in those dictionaries..but the real definition is this´.
it`s because the real definition is the one I quoted. Any scholarly source that mentions about occidentalism would prove that.
Let`s see what dictionaries say about orientalism;
1. A quality, mannerism, or custom specific to or characteristic of the Orient.
2. Scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures, languages, and peoples.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Orientalism
But we all know that orientalism means nothing like that. Don`t we?
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 07:01 pm |
In my opinion most people are cureless idiots...
I agree, especially fanboys.
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 07:08 pm |
it`s because the real definition is the one I quoted. Any scholarly source that mentions about occidentalism would prove that.
Let`s see what dictionaries say about orientalism;
1. A quality, mannerism, or custom specific to or characteristic of the Orient.
2. Scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures, languages, and peoples.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Orientalism
But we all know that orientalism means nothing like that. Don`t we?
I dont know what you understand or feel when a western person calls you ´you are from orient´ or ´you are an easterner´ etc.
I dont have an inferior complex to feel offended..
I am an easterner and I am quite proud of it..
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 07:13 pm |
I dont know what you understand or feel when a western person calls you ´you are from orient´ or ´you are easterner´ etc.
I dont have an inferior complex to feel offended..
I am an easterner and I am quite proud of it..
I wonder how this relates to the issue we are talking about?
if you thing that telling a person you`re from orient and telling him you`re an orientalist are the same thing, I have nothing to say
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 07:15 pm |
Folks, stop cursing one another.
"Nato mermer nato" kafa as it is used in Turkish means you are thick as a brick...
You mustn´t call each other like that. I devote a full page just to imply that.
In my opinion most people are cureless idiots. These are usually harmless people.
The problem begins when an idiot thinks he has an IQ exceeding those of others combined.
´Nato mermer nato kafa´ fitted perfectly well in the context and at the given time..
And I hope, you were not trying to insinuate anything with your selection of words such as cureless idiots/IQ etc...
Will you clear the air about what you were trying to say or if you mean anything to anybody?
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 07:22 pm |
It is like ´noo..i dont care what it says in those dictionaries..but the real definition is this´.
it`s because the real definition is the one I quoted. Any scholarly source that mentions about occidentalism would prove that.
Let`s see what dictionaries say about orientalism;
1. A quality, mannerism, or custom specific to or characteristic of the Orient.
2. Scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures, languages, and peoples.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Orientalism
But we all know that orientalism means nothing like that. Don`t we?
ok, you can keep acting like a child. in any case, the meaning of the quote has been explained.
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 07:23 pm |
I agree, especially fanboys.
as well as brainless nationalists.
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 07:23 pm |
I wonder how this relates to the issue we are talking about?
if you thing that telling a person you`re from orient and telling him you`re an orientalist are the same thing, I have nothing to say
Well since the begining of your posts in this topic was not related to what Orhan Pamuk says but to slur him, no wonder we keep going off the topic..
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 07:24 pm |
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Will you clear the air about what you were trying to say or if you mean anything to anybody?
I think vineyards was talking about catwoman
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 07:27 pm |
thats what i thought at the beginning. that the definition from wikipedia contradicts with post of thehairy.
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 07:28 pm |
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But "living at the edge of Europe" also means that there is a great temptation to imitate Europe, to the detriment of one’s own culture. "Turkey is not a part of the West. I always repeat this and I will repeat it again, Turkey is an imitation of the West. Turkey has never been colonized by Europe and because we have no wounds [from colonization], it is easier to have praise for Europe. Atatürk himself was a perfect occidentalist."
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http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10607679.asp?scr=1
im still trying to find out what you wanna say here
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 07:31 pm |
thats what i thought at the beginning. that the definition from wikipedia contradicts with post of thehairy.
you`re right, femme the christian missionary, for the first time ever.
"even a broken clock is right two times a day"
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 07:34 pm |
"even a broken clock is right two times a day"
this seems to be your favorite saying... is it helpful?
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 07:36 pm |
I think vineyards was talking about catwoman
god bless vineyards
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 07:38 pm |
this seems to be your favorite saying... is it helpful?
no it`s not my favorite saying. as a matter of fact, I`m always right, unlike most of you tc folks
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 07:49 pm |
im still trying to find out what you wanna say here
I was not trying to say anything at all..
I just saw the article, I thought it might be a good subject to talk if ´Turkey is immitation of the west´, if ´it is part of the west´, if ´we have been colonized by the west at all´ etc.
People with no inferior complex about their identity could find something to talk about it..
Maybe it was a mistake from my part..
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 08:14 pm |
I was not trying to say anything at all..
I just saw the article, I thought it might be a good subject to talk if ´Turkey is immitation of the west´, if ´it is part of the west´, if ´we have been colonized by the west at all´ etc.
People with no inferior complex about their identity could find something to talk about it..
Maybe it was a mistake from my part..
what i really mean is that i just didnt understand the article.
anyway, it doesnt matter now.
because the person wrote the article doesnt speak the whole truth. and i personally dont think ataturk was an occidentalist if we take the definition from wikipedia. thats all. it just didnt make sense to me.
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 08:16 pm |
you`re right, femme the christian missionary, for the first time ever.
strange, this time you forgot to add "fascist" or you dont use it when you agree with me
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 08:16 pm |
god bless vineyards
ah dear, lets hope so
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 08:17 pm |
strange, this time you forgot to add "fascist" or you dont use it when you agree with me
exactly!
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 08:30 pm |
what i really mean is that i just didnt understand the article.
anyway, it doesnt matter now.
because the person wrote the article doesnt speak the whole truth. and i personally dont think ataturk was an occidentalist if we take the definition from wikipedia. thats all. it just didnt make sense to me.
well obviously he did not take the definition from wiki femme..
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 08:34 pm |
well obviously he did not take the definition from wiki femme..
lets hope so
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 10:34 pm |
i don´t understand why some people rely and trust wikipedia sooo much. "Anyone" can edit almost any page, and readers have no way of knowing how authoritative, or valid what they´re reading may be.
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21 Dec 2008 Sun 02:48 am |
Isn´t it interesting that we (by we I mean humans in general, myself included) only cosider other people to be "idiots" if they don´t agree with our own opinions? If somebody validates our perceptions, then, of course, they are the smart ones
This is not meant personally against anyone in the forum, just an observation about human nature. I would love somebody to post once: "I agree with you totally, you must be an idiot"
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21 Dec 2008 Sun 04:12 am |
I was not trying to say anything at all..
I just saw the article, I thought it might be a good subject to talk if ´Turkey is immitation of the west´, if ´it is part of the west´, if ´we have been colonized by the west at all´ etc.
People with no inferior complex about their identity could find something to talk about it..
Maybe it was a mistake from my part..
I think those are interesting questions. And I don´t know enough about Turkey to give you an answer that would be specific to Turkey, but there are some things that come to my mind about the topic.
First of all, I think that some values/issues should be universal - for example anything belonging to the human rights category (I´ll be happy to provide a Wiki link if needed ) - and imitating societies that are more successful than others in implementing those rights I consider to be a very positive thing. It seems that in the article the word "immitation" has a negative connotation. If any country is going to "immitate" another in implementing the universal rights, then I say, way to go. Perhaps those are the type of issues that hopefully will develop in each country eventually, immitation just speeds up the process. I don´t think it´s a detriment to any "culture" to implement changes that improve people´s lives unless one identifies one´s culture with practices that violate basic human rights.
And then there are the things that are culture-specific, ones that involve one´s language, music, food, social customs, religion and the rituals, etc. I think those are the things to be cherished and cultivated. And imitating others ONLY because it originates somewhere else and considering one´s own things to be inferior seems to be wrong. As does not allowing to consider making changes ONLY because they originate elsewhere.
As far as Turkey goes, I don´t know, perhaps Turkey immitates the "West" in some things and is a part of the "West" on others - or maybe both Turkey and the "West" are a part of something bigger, more universal, and should both strive to achive that. Maybe it´d be easier to answer that if I knew what exactly is meant by the "West". I don´t think it is very uniform - for example I think USA should immitate Europe in ban on death penalty, but that´s a whole different topic altogether.
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21 Dec 2008 Sun 05:05 am |
This thread reminds me Ros´s thread about Neo-Ottomanism which is invented by Neo-Cons as Pamuk describes himself an Ottoman with his limited history knowledge and considers Republic and Atatürk unimportant. According to Neo-Cons Kemalism had died and became unsuccessful so in Turkey there need more respect for Islam and more respect for history of Ottomanism(which is a bunch of lie, imo just cover for their projets on ME, because now they cant find a better slaves than these muslim hypocrites who use religion and God to deceive public) as CIA ME headman mentioned before. Same thoughts with the Pamuk. Imo Pamuk is a bad imitation and a servant of these Neo-Cons.
Anyway, after the cold war finished, Neo-cons fully compromised these hypocrites and so-called liberals. Some even began to define secularism as radicalism. Regarding the Turkey these so-called liberals and the one who use God deceive people are on same boat just like the last times of Empire as i always mentioned. They are trying to experience moderate Islam in Turkey, so AKP government is another step to govern Turkey with slaves(but they claim these will free and lighten up people as they think Kemalism was too harsh to religious ones which is untrue and also a cover). So the target is Atatürk and his remaninig heritage nowadays. They even could not(dont want to) perceive the fact that Atatürk´s revolutions were left and werent proceeded after he had died.
Lastly Atatürk was always at the side of fully independence of Turkey. According to him Turkey cannot be fully independent if She is not freed from western imperialism and if She is not freed from eastern religious exploitation. Now decide if he is occidenatalist or whatever orientalist...
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21 Dec 2008 Sun 11:40 am |
Ataturk was a great man. He is someone whom we can always refer to. There is no denying that his life sets an example to anyone regardless of their whereabout and it has so far been this way.
Nevertheless, anyone claiming that he understands Ataturk must also know how this person brought himself to the point of excellence from military and statesmanship points of view. Isn´t it through his desire to be at the forefront of his time? What books did he have in his library? Where did he have all that knowledge so as to predict there would soon be another war (WWII) suggesting Turkey not to get involved in it. How could he foresee that there would be a need for an international organization (the UN) to prevent further wars.
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21 Dec 2008 Sun 10:52 pm |
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But "living at the edge of Europe" also means that there is a great temptation to imitate Europe, to the detriment of one’s own culture. "Turkey is not a part of the West. I always repeat this and I will repeat it again, Turkey is an imitation of the West. Turkey has never been colonized by Europe and because we have no wounds [from colonization], it is easier to have praise for Europe. Atatürk himself was a perfect occidentalist."
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http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10607679.asp?scr=1
This is an interesting view of Orhan Pamuk, based on Today now doubt. He says that Ataturk was an occidentalist: that was of course in 1922 ish, would he be that way today if he was alive? Would he be routing to belong to the EU? Would he see Turkey as an immitation of the west? I wonder.
I have travelled extensively in Turkey as I see it as two places. One of modernisation and western attitudes (not necessarily beliefs) and one of deep routed cultural values, beliefs and ways of life. From one end of Turkey to another, you go from internet access in every house (more or less) to no internet access or even reliable electricity.
Turkey only imitates the West where the West has an influence.
I am yet to understand this obsession with the West / East, where does it begin and where does it end?
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22 Dec 2008 Mon 12:02 am |
I am yet to understand this obsession with the West / East, where does it begin and where does it end?
This is an age long conflict. Naturally, it stems from the very fact that the world is roughly divided into four zones which are North, South, East and West. Political and Economic differences between the North and the South are significant only locally. In other words, we can only talk about say North and South Europe or America etc.
Meanwhile, there is a more pronounced contrast between the Eastern and Western parts of our globe. The seeds of the East/West rivalry were sown by the likes of Marco Polo who began describing each and every different object, manner, trait or whatsoever specific to the East. We also know that Arabic and Chinese voyagers travelled to Europe with some of them even reaching the Britain. The stories based on the reports of those persons lived for thousands of years turning into legends and became a part of their folklore.
Then came the crusades, trade lines, great conquests and big wars. On one side, there were the Turks advancing into the heart of Europe up to Vienna and controlling entire trade lines and all the maritime traffic in the Meditterranean which meant an abrubt discontinuation of the trade with the East. The Turkish involvement brought the borders of the East much nearer and eventually to the point of interpolation. On the other hand, there were holy grail hunters who were mesmerized by the stories of a wealthy East.
These were two distinctively different worlds initially. As a matter of fact, the culture of the East is much older and profound compared to that of Europe. Notwithstanding with its past glory, the advancement of the East is reined by the strong obsessions of its people with God, destiny, fate and metaphysics. The West on the other hand has been able to both describe man´s role in the universe in a much more pragmatic and materialistic way and organize social life in a highly competitive and success oriented manner. While poverty and misery are endured more easily because of the fatalistic point of view common to Eastern societies, in the West, deprivation is usually regarded as a calamity which needs to be sorted out sooner than later.
Furthermore in the West, every step needs to be defined and planned beforehand. Nothing is left to chance. The Eastern culture is much more tolerant to lack of success and through greater solidarity among people they tend to ease individual hardships, calamities and mishap of all sorts by collectively embracing it in families and communities.
In the end, there are people on both ends. People can adapt themselves to changing circumstances. It is not guaranteed to be happy by choosing the seemingly more preferable side. Reports point out to greater crime rates and suicidal tendencies in the Western part of the globe. Meanwhile, in some poorer quarters of the Eastern world, people live deprived lives but they can still come up with a few shakras or charms to divert the materialistic indulgence of Western people to the teachings of their own prophets who could inspire almost a whole Western generation happiness and solidarity.
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