Has it occurred to anyone here that people from different countries have different cultures and mindsets?
It is a commonly held belief of those in the Chinese and Korean cultures (those actually raised in those countries) that the Western nations are decadent and rich. This is not a racist statement, but a statement of fact as it applies to how the majority of Chinese nationals have been raised to see the Western world. The exemption to this generality would be those raised in Hong Kong, which is now Chinese property again, but has only been back under Chinese rule for 10 years, and had been a major hub of capitalist business until then. I lost touch with the Hong Kong culture when American businesses began leaving in preparation for the 1999 handover, so I don't know if the atmosphere has become more like mainland China, or if Honk Kong has been able to retain its more independent and Capitalist ways.
The issue of how our two cultures view things is like comparing apples and oranges. This is not a racist view, but rather the observation that our countries look at life in completely different ways. We value money and possessions differently.
Now...that's not to say that the Chinese are any less capable of scamming people than say...Americans are. Humans worldwide are all equally capable of scamming their fellow human beings. This is a sad human trait for which there are no borders.
U noć idem, sjećanje jedan trn od zalosne, dalje prema smrti.
Into the night I go, memory a thorn of sorrow, onward toward death.
Death feels like the butterfly, can't escape the scarred lie
~Skinny Puppy: haZe~
So, drifting through the dark
The sympathy of night's mercy inside my heart
Is your life the same? Do ghosts cry tears? Do they feel years?
As time just goes on and on and on
~TransSiberian Orchestra: Back to a Reason, pt2~
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