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Old 11-08-2011, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by jeff65 View Post
Many cultures that we would consider poor have a culture of sharing what little there is. I can easily see how respect for others might be easier to maintain despite famines and other hardship.

Western culture does not value sharing much at all. In fact it is viewed with suspicion and commonly labeled as communism.
I have to agree with this statement it is what I have observed myself too.
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