Don't be so quick to judge the issues of developing country's societies through the lens of western cultures. What appears similar at surface level, might have completely different root causes and effects. The other replies here have added some interesting points.
I'm inclined to agree, having lived in two different cultures. And most of these dysfunctions are rooted in very similar things when you dig down far enough into them, they pretty much always come down to status issues, just differently expressed and differently rationalized.
The trick is to realize that pretty much no culture is free from this, but I won't say that all cultures are the same.
That is an excellent observation. People and societies are more or less very similar all across the world. The details might vary but the main motivations are more or less same.
True, but it is still an interesting link. I wonder if it is because of the isolation and the breaking of family ties in a developing world, which is is linked to the level of mobility and also with culture.
I can't answer your question but be aware that you are looking through a very western lens, and probably US-centric lens particularly, and other cultures can see things in very different way, starting with assumptions (or simply unthought practices) that you have nothing to compare with.
A side note, this may be quaint to us in the developed world, but this sort of thinking separates impoverished nations from developing ones, which is a fascinating anthropological topic.
Not to mention cultural differences that are so ingrained that it’s hard to imagine people could consider things differently.
It’s become clear to me after visiting other (Western!) cultures that many things, e.g. political views that are as obvious as gravity here, are considered both incorrect and weird elsewhere.
It makes it easier to consider problems with impartial eyes once you’ve seen immovable truths challenged like this a couple of times.
People are often very naive about different cultures. In the west we're trained to view them as an interchangeable package of foods, languages, and perhaps dress. The differences are real and substantial, and fundamental assumptions about how the world works or ought to work are definitely not shared.
Calling this a "culture differences" is quite the understatement, unless you include politics, access to healthcare and other things under "culture". I do agree that there is definitly a cultural component to this too however.
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