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By Chris Angel (registered) | Posted November 20, 2009 at 11:09:06

Well written Ramzy. I think much of what is happening in the world today especially suicide is the result of cultural displacement. In many places young people can no longer realistically aspire to traditional lifestyles. When a young man can not even obtain work what hope is there that he will ever marry or have a family? Western lifestyles with it's emphasis on materialism is equally or still further out of reach if it is not abhorred. In the west we have had generations to adjust to cultural change. Some countries are barely at a 19th century technological level and so it is little wonder then that in such regions fundamentalism is so attractive. A promise to turn back the clock and return to an idealized time. Lies that adherents will recapture much of the lifestyle of their ancestors but most importantly that they will at last have a chance for dignity and the respect of their culture. What other choices are there until as Meredith stated the west is no longer the primary influence on culture? When you have millions of culturally displaced people an awful resonance builds which is bound to echo violently for many years. If the west was to start today building schools and assisting development it would take many years before alternatives appear. It has to be done though and the west has to ensure that other cultures do not mistake entertainment, commercial media, television and their excesses for western culture.

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