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Is being Western the only way to be modern?

Isn’t it wrong to equate modernization with Westernization?

It depends on what you consider “Westernization.” For example, is women’s equality Westernization or modernization? I think you can make a strong argument that it becomes a kind of necessary offshoot of modernization, because in this kind of a society, where you have an economy that is open to talent, you have technology that allows women to spend less of their lives taking care of children. A society that doesn’t let women work will be at a big disadvantage to one that does.

So I don’t think this is a matter of Western values being imposed on other people. I think that is simply what happens if you move to a more modern society.



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