For all of the failings of the Middle-East, one area where they are stronger than the West is their sense of family. If you’re part of a family, they will invest in you to help you succeed as a person. In turn, they hold you accountable to make sure you don’t quit.
In the West, however, individualism trumps everything. If you’re a person who hasn’t figured out how to move ahead and succeed, you’re largely left to figure it out yourself. Unfortunately, not everybody figures it out and we read about how their body was fished out of the river in they city section of the newspaper or we read how they were found with a needle in their arm.
I think that’s one area we could improve as a society.
I think you've hit it correctly there. Sweden has a disintegrated family environment and now we are heading the same way (with "gay marriage", easy divorce etc.)
Very well said --> If you’re a person who hasn’t figured out how to move ahead and succeed, you’re largely left to figure it out yourself. Unfortunately, not everybody figures it out and we read about how their body was fished out of the river in they city section of the newspaper or we read how they were found with a needle in their arm.
I think your explanation is extremely good and accurate.
“For all of the failings of the Middle-East, one area where they are stronger than the West is their sense of family. If you’re part of a family, they will invest in you to help you succeed as a person. In turn, they hold you accountable to make sure you don’t quit.”
Unless you are a young woman who gets caught smiling in public. Then they cut your head off...