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A major reason why the "Western model" of capitalism does not work for most nations outside of Europe is because of the fact that the average non-Western citizen does not value or cherish the ideas like scientific temper, spirit of inquiry, reform or the risk taking ability to explore new ideas and challenge old institutions.
In fact, in the West too this did not come immediately. It was the Renaissance and Enlightenment that drove Westerners against their religious institutions. On the other hand, in most of the world, questioning religious authority still has many practical repercussions. Take India for example. If you are a Muslim and question your Imam's instructions you will be attacked, mocked or killed even. If you're a Hindu, you will also suffer the same fate, although instead of being killed you might be beaten up. Most people are extremely irrationally superstitious. Most Indians will not cut their hair on certain days of the week or eat meat on those days because of a belief that the position of Mars and Saturn are unfavourable to fate and therefore one must abstain from pleasures (like eating meat) on those days. In China, many eat pangolins and all kinds of weird animals as part of TCM. They also don't have the fourth floor on buildings due to some esoteric belief associating 4 with death. Muslims believe that you have been possesed by the "djinn" when in reality the person is either having psychological malfunction or a serious problem like a brain tumor. Africa has its own ideas with voodoo magic. From what I know Eastern Europe until very recently has been extremely religious. Although they are Westernizing fast.
>Bunda >Will i get shot if i go to brazil? >Brazil is latin america >Sayuri Mattar >Lula Livre >Stop burning the Amazon >Range ban Brazil >Brazil is black and proud >Brazil was never prosperous >Will Brazil ever be a superpower? >Come to Brazil >Wow do brazilians really take wired showers?!! >South brazil is white >Brazil had such a potential >Macaco >Why are you guys all mixed ? >Fuck i hate Brazil >Is Bolsonaro the next hitler? >Brazilian Japanese >Brazil is a very segregated country >Brazilians truly believe they invented the airplane lol >Brazil flag is so ugly >South brazil is part of argentina >Nordeste is violent >Rio is a shithole >Brazil homicide graph compared to other countries >Brazilian is so funny >Brazilian Trannies are so hot >Tell me a good place to visit in Brazil >Brazilian german cities are tourist trap >Favelas are Sovl >Tropa de Elite >Cidade de Deus >Brazilian women love foreigner man >Why are all Brazilians presidents white?! >US coup destroyed Brazil >Brazil 1x7 Germany >This is the average brazilian >Funk is just like reggaeton >Why don't they speak spanish? >4k walk >How white is brazil? >Brazilian cuisine >Brazil is a shithole >Brazil is America future
I just realized that money, in its purest definition, is just a unit of energy. It takes a lot of energy, both mentally and physically to build a yacht. You have to gather a bunch of supplies and raw materials which requires mining. You then have to pay a bunch of workers to move all this shit to a warehouse and then to operate machinery and weld shit together. Then you have to assemble it, furnish it, make sure it passes inspections, etc.
All of this requires ridiculous amounts of energy to do. Money is supposed to represent that energy. When you have a million dollars in the bank, you are basically storing the energy of hundreds, if not thousands, of people. These people used their energy to make things, deliver a service, grow crops, or design a website, etc.
>Ziona Chana, 76, who hails from the north-eastern state of Mizoram, died today. He was known to have the world's largest family, 39 wives, 94 children, 33 grandchildren and one great grandchild, a total of 181 immediate family members. He belongs to an esoteric Christian sect that practices polygamy.
