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Originally Posted by komitsuki
Sudden change of social values from industrialization, growth of "counter-culturalism" in religious values.
Though you missed my point. That was how some people criticize the West around 100 years ago from the start. The idea changed slowly up to today through better insights.
Overall, it's all checks and balances.
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Sudden change of social values is less of a flaw and more of a consequence. It may have negative repurcussions from time to time but for the most part is a necessary process in the modern age (and can have positive repurcussions too).
In my opinion, what can be considered a flaw in any society is not so much change itself. But, whether such change can be justified rationally and how society at large deals with such change.
I do agree that overall it's about checks and balances... but again.. that comes from human rationalism rather than Eastern spirituality.
But anyway... You're right... I did miss your point. I get it now.
I would still like to know whether you think it's wrong to consider every human being as fundamentally the same with the same needs though.