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**T1ivuQGS** · 08-29-2010, 01:31 AM

On a side note, this is why many immigration/assimilation policies and defence/trade/diplomatic policies in Western countries are either defeatist, self-destructive, condescending or just plain illogical. Many politicians, parties and groups have very little understanding of non-Western minds due to the psychological differences outlined here or due to projection ("the other is the same as me")

True. I would add that the reverse is also true; non-Westerners and even many Westerners usually fail to truly understand the nature of the Western mentality or the society it produces. When they take a look at the USA, for example, they see a complacent, decadent nation that has robbed its way to the top, and even worse, a nation that 'has no culture'. What they don't see is its philosophical background of rationalism, empiricism, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution and postmodernity, all of which have contributed to the creation of a new, unique mindset that is ultimately the cause of the West's past and present success.

08-29-2010, 01:31 AM	#11
T1ivuQGS Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 473 Senior Member	On a side note, this is why many immigration/assimilation policies and defence/trade/diplomatic policies in Western countries are either defeatist, self-destructive, condescending or just plain illogical. Many politicians, parties and groups have very little understanding of non-Western minds due to the psychological differences outlined here or due to projection ("the other is the same as me") True. I would add that the reverse is also true; non-Westerners and even many Westerners usually fail to truly understand the nature of the Western mentality or the society it produces. When they take a look at the USA, for example, they see a complacent, decadent nation that has robbed its way to the top, and even worse, a nation that 'has no culture'. What they don't see is its philosophical background of rationalism, empiricism, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution and postmodernity, all of which have contributed to the creation of a new, unique mindset that is ultimately the cause of the West's past and present success.
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