Me or We? Cultural Difference between East and West

主观，客观；感性，理性；直觉，逻辑；
经验，分析；东方，西方；右脑，左脑；
左手，右手；女人，男人；婉转，直接；
茶道，可乐；音乐，数学；汉字，字母；
宏观，微观；地球，原子；光线，电子；
集体，个人；集权，民主；中庸，真理；

Western life is so much easier than the East. With larger population and limited resources, life is hyper-competitive in the East Asia. In the US and Europe you can learn trades and start small businesses and be able to make comfortable living, but the in East Asia without prestigious education life is a nightmare. Achievement standards for everything are extremely high and nearly impossible for achieve for most of the population. Work hours are extremely long. Highest real estate prices in the world.

Is American culture for real me me me me me or instead is it strength based during the belief that each member's contribution to the team is what makes that team work well together. When each person on a team is earning as much recognition as possible from the people at the top instead of competing with themselves to grow how is that necessarily automatic going to be benefiting the whole of that community? For example a person from any kind of American background would be competing with themselves when it comes to honing their own listening skills to be looking for the best in others.

There is problem in each system…

Having lived in eastern culture for most of my life, I can see those flaws closely… There is always a pressure to conform to a certain role in the society which limits your potential and creativity… This also results in controlling behavior from the elders towards the younger.

So that explains why some cultures are so egotistical and narcissist. It makes sense now.

Stop the eastern zombies

If the west doesn't stop the east, they will not stand anywhere in the world in some time

Me is just upside down We

i was raised in east culture and i fucking hate it , this idea of sanskar "manners" is shit i just hope i can escape this shithole

I am a strong collectivist living in an individualist selfish country. It’s hard, because I am useless as an individual and much stronger disappearing into a collective.

What is the characters of this video?

You should move to a WE county!😂😂😂😂😂

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ME culture is like the Rabbit and WE Culture is like the Tortoise. In modern human history ME has brought so much perceived benefits to the human civilization through innovation resulting in material comfort, medical advances where as WE has trudged along slowly always behind and trying to catch up to ME to shine its value set but never has up until now. MEs societal problems are snowballing to become almost apocalyptic and the problems run deep. At the core of deep malaise that has set in the world and mostly in western world - failing family nucleus and relationships leading to broken families, leading to substance abuse, infidelity, mental health crisis, gun violence, suicides. Hyper individualism has led to insane wokeism about gender identity, political correctnes, narcissim and constant political infighting. In these crazy times the ME has society rotting away rapidly and finally the shining light is on the WEs who are now looked up to for the stability, peacefulness, selflessness and harmony they bring to the table which longterm is more beneficial for humanity IMO.

I am the 'me' person in the 'we' culture..... that's so pathetic.

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. (Luke 13:5)
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isaiah 55:7)
When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Mark 2:17)

In every culture, no matter their gender, creed, or etc., their are good and bad. Sad that those that are bad try to trick others in believing they (the bad) are really good, which is a form of hype.

The "caption" or subtitles are kinda off 😑

Thank you for stating the main difference between the east and west. West = independent. East = interdependent. Since the ego is an illusion, western culture is absurd.

In me culture people are mostly self centered narccisists

ME!!!

Brazil is seen as a collectivist society, but it really depends on who and where you are, I'm an individualist, and many people I know are also individualists, especially in big cities.

I agree
Im korean for example if i introduce my parents to my friends or the other korean people say "they are our parents " not my parents kkkkk

What about cultures in "the south"??? Why is the question framed as west vs east???

India a collectivist countries 🤣🤣🤣

this was a bad example of the differences

Asia is emperor. The western must die

NNNOOOO!!!...I GOTTAA BE MMMEEEEEE!!!

its a great myth that the Indian culture is collectivist, the religion of Hinduism the dominant religion of my country is a rugged individualist one and is based on the idea that only the individual has a chance as well as the responsibility of realizing god

In America every ethnic group believes in their group has the same stereotypes lol so many people have told me their group is always late, lazy, cheap, etc but we all eat hamburgers and hotdogs.
American mainstream culture should be protected and promoted ☺️🇺🇲👍❤️

China does not represent all of Asia!
🇰🇷🇻🇳🇦🇺🇳🇿

Individuals can unite for common goals such as huge construction projects and wars while maintaining their individualism. When westerners do things as a group there is more input from individuals leading to more creative input for the projects they are creating. As for Hive Cultures (Eastern) The group is conformed to the one individual deemed the leader. The leader is the "I" of the group. Everyone lives for him (not her) and his job is to protect the group (himself). In war they fight for the group and not their individual families or children. When the leader dies his oldest offspring will be his replacement unless an individual arises within the group to overthrow him. In politics each group is like one person which is lead by the leading group and resembles the lower level groups. Hive Culturalism, for these reasons, are very limited in creativity.

As a individual you can't do many things, but as Family, Group we can do a lot more things. Or you think one individual can build a 10 floor House... I don't think so. As Group we are stronger. Why do you thing lions are one of the best hunters on the world, because they hunt as group or family.

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Nice, in your view-- but it is an old and new culture, old cultures are we culture (Strong in unity and numbers) new culture ( me culture are strong individually, may call it ADVANCE) ( I am a Eurasian

Grew up on both sides of the Fence, My mom's Japanese so I grew up as a child to early youth in Japan where we were raised on collective thinking and is HEAVILY built on the idea of acting and thinking of others than yourself. For instance, simple enough example but something that is taught in Japan that probably exemplifies this "Collective" thinking perfectly. On an escalator in Japan, it's almost common sense that people who are just idly going up or down stand on the Right-hand side of the escalator so that you can make way for people that are in a hurry so that they can walk up the left-hand side of the escalator. People act and move as a whole to benefit one another, and acting out of the group would usually warrant you A LOT of attention.

On the other hand, I grew up in my later years in America, and yeah. The difference between the mindset of these two Cultures is vastly different.
I learned that in America, you're rewarded for being selfish, you almost HAVE to be selfish. Nothing that others do is rarely equated to their success when and if they do succeed.
Also, because here in the US they have this fetish for being "independent" family ties are slightly frowned upon. For example, In Asian Culture it is generally not taboo to live with your parents well into adulthood being that most of them do have a career job and do chip in for rent and is also a way to pay back to your parents by taking care of them in old age as to show your appreciation.
However, in America, It's almost HAVE to move out by your 18yrs old.
One thing that made me scratch my head, I was dating a girl raised somewhere in the Mainland, as I live in Hawaii. The Rent out here can be a lot, and it's usually not TOO uncommon to see families living and splitting rent in one house. Whole families. I was working two jobs at the time at 22yrs old and I remember that she made a remark about me still living with my parents at 22.
While she was visiting here for college whose trip, finances, college tuition, dorm fee, living expenses, allowance was all hand given by her parents lmao and I couldn't help but think "huh.... okay."
I've been working since I was 15yrso old to support myself. Tf? haha. Wasn't even the ignorant jab at my living circumstance that made me cringe, it was how unaware of how pampered she is and somehow thought she was making it ALL herself. I had to laugh. Through and through, Yeah where there is a downfall from both cultural perspectives... I'd rather be a collective thinker that's considerate of others than a selfish, self-centered fuck. But that's just me though.

Many eastern aspects are very clever and useful compared to the west to progress such as harmony consensus and long term thinking in contrast to short sightedness and blind confrontation which makes the west violent, unwise, and unable to maintain itsself on the long run.

But the fear and Honor shame-culture is definitely the most evil and depressing off all . It should not be practiced anymore in the east and definitely not in the west. Such as cancel culture , and should be replaced with guilt culture in eastern societies for the sake of humanity.

If China would at the same time expand on confindence but finally still seek honor revenge on international scale we are all screwed in the world right now like a giant north korea/ISIS .

The west is declining now and was always been violent in history , but the wests progress was always the key to finally stop own atrocities. if it needs to progress faster and maintain its progressing values from the dark past and not declining. It needs more consensus and long term plans to progress faster. Thanks to progress the west understands more of outside. But the west needs to avoid the dark parts of the east as well.

A lot of times people in Me-culture become self centred and narcissistic

Here for my UTS class

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There's a larger picture there.... in biology they study altruists and parasites and in games theory they study different strategies....

This is highly inaccurate and frankly not true. Very disappointing to see such false information presented as truth. It’s clear the person that made the video has no idea of the actual dynamics of Western culture. Frankly speaking it’s insulting, racist, and xenophobic. 👎🏻

Me culture: Twitter
We culture: Reddit

I am more on the side of individualism than collectivism. I will always defend different ways of life, collectivist ideologies will terrify me.

I'm someone that has a negative view to the "We" culture.

The thing about "We" culture is that I believe it creates this "Us against them" mentality as well where two groups are pitted against each other and not one is inclined to help another. I feel as though the "Me" culture paves way for self-love and acceptance, which sets the foundation for anyone to be more altruistic instead of utilitarian in dealing with others.

Don't even get me started with families that have a "We" culture where everything has to be done for the collective but they don't take responsibility for one another in tough times. That's taking toxic to another level.

If I had a family, I'd organize a predominately "Me" culture with the emotional support that "We" culture brings.

I am from We cultural society but I don't like it for me , ME culture is better

Choose the best of two worlds
Encourage the individuality and helping to grow the society better.

I'm in the wrong society..I need to leave these me, me, me realms.