It would be best if there were a balance between “me” and “we” cultures, that way everyone would have concern for each other but we’d have enough freedom to make our own choices.

As an Asian who lived much of my life in the West, I got to experience both. I see advantages and disadvantages in both cultures. Here is some of the observations I see: Because Western Culture focuses on the individual, they tend to encourage individual initiative, creativity, and are more tolerant towards new ideas and ways of thinking. Henceforth, if there is a genius born among them, he is more likely to thrive and become extremely creative and productive. Western cultures are very inventive because gifted individuals among Western cultures are encouraged and rewarded for maximum productive work and are therefore able to achieve their maximum potential without restraint. However, there is a danger that these individuals can neglect the welfare of those less fortunate, their communities, and even undermine the nation state. Often these high achieving and wealthy individuals can combine to act only in their own best interests and can often be quite destructive towards national unity and stability. When the masses of the less fortunate coverage, this is a recipe for disaster. The West can achieve great things in the short term, but have a tendency to be self-destructive long term. Westerners will often create great and beautiful ideas in science, philosophy, and engineering but the bitterness of the masses will also create stupid and self-destructive ideas like 3rd wave feminism and political correctness. East Asian cultures are very stable, think long term, and among it's members are much more egalitarian. They are very good at taking an existing idea and making continual improvements upon it, thus they are innovative but less inventive. They tend towards creating long lasting and prosperous civilizations that last forever. If you look at the oldest cultures/civilizations still existing on this planet they are mostly found in East Asia. But they have a huge problem. Their societies are less tolerant of new ideas and pressure their members to conform. Henceforth, a genius/gifted person born among them has much less room and opportunity to fully express his uniqueness and reach his full potential. Thusly, East Asian culture's ability to invent completely new ideas or concepts is greatly limited. Their cultures last forever and once their civilizations modernize, they become very wealthy and productive; However they will tend not to be the center point of new ideas that can revolutionize the world and can risk falling behind as a result. There is a common stereotype that Westerners Invent and Asians copy, there is some truth to this. Westerners are great at inventing new ideas but Asians can exploit those ideas to their fullest potential. Take for example the car industry: Americans invented the car, but once Asians learned the idea from the West, they have the long term thinking, grit, cultural organization, and unity that will make continual improvements until they end up making the best cars and dominating the world's car industry. The American car industry however, fell behind due to disharmony, infighting, conflicting interests between corporate and labor unions. There are things that Westerners can learn from Asian Culture: Think more about the long term harmony of your society, be kind of those less gifted than you, and learn to admit and respect those who are more capable than you, and thus you can create a more stable society. There are also things that Asians can learn from the West: Be more open and tolerant of your kid's individuality especially if it is not negative or destructive, be more encouraging of individual initiative, and don't underestimate the ability to one person to make a huge impact.

I'm an arab that lives in the UK, and what I have noticed is that I always share my crisps, sweets or chocolate with my friends without them asking and I do it without even thinking about it, I just share with them before I eat myself. But my friends (which are all ME people) almost never share with me unless I were to ask them. And if I ask them they would happily share with me, but I never ask them since in my culture it's considered rude to ask someone to share something with you, but in their culture I don't think it is It really is interesting to see these differences!

Practicing both of them is the key, but if I have to choose between them, objectively speaking, the "We" culture seems more stable and healthier for everyone actually living in their society.

Notice how religions in the individualistic West are mostly collective (church) and religions in the east are mostly individualistic (personal enlightenment, Buddhism, private religion, etc). It is like a way to compensate. It is good to highlight the fact none of these paradigms is more spiritual or correct than the other, and it does not mean that individualistic has no empathy nor that individuals in collective societies have no individualism.

I was raised in a We culture living in a Me culture country. many Me cultured persons try to take advantage. When it came down to asking for help from a Me cultured person to understand this culture, they dont if its not convenient for them even after you inconvenienced yourself for them. It took a friend who understood both to explain, giving the best advice “just do what ever you need to do for yourself.” I only go out of my way for We cultured people now they appreciate it more and come back around.

I met someone who grew up in a middle eastern culture. she was from a collectivist culture. when I had trouble learning a certain lesson, she was so adamant on making sure I knew the material. in my 18 years of life, I had never come across a classmate who basically became an impassioned teacher within a few seconds. so I guess in collectivist cultures, students really aim to make sure their classmates know the material so the whole class can succeed. they all want to rise up together. I mainly grew up in New York though, and went to a school that really fostered individuality. it also made us very critical at times though, and there was stressful competition but nothing too harsh. so yeah it was just weird speaking to someone who came from a very collectivist culture..but also helpful ngl.

Growing up with 3 Algerian parents in the US, a mom, step dad, and dad has always been a little different. My dad is a psychology professor who got his PhD in cross cultural communication so I feel like I have a pretty good understanding as to how Algerian culture is different from American culture. My dad comes off as more individualistic than collectivist, he’s been living alone ever since my mom and him divorced 20 years ago. He’s also always told me to enjoy my company and seems to enjoy his own and keep busy with various hobbies. My step dad on the other hand, a social worker with his masters, is very collectivist. Sometimes it can get frustrating because we disagree on how things should be done at times, but at the end of the day it’s clear that he’s really caring and he uses a lot of “we” language. Even when he says I love you, he won’t say I he’ll say we, even if there’s no one else in the house lol. One time I made a “chore chart” to assign specific household chores to each person in the house because chores weren’t being assigned to my sister, my mom & I fairly & it was starting to become an issue because one person was always doing more chores than the other. I saw that this worked in my friends household (her parents were born & raised in the US), so I thought it was an amazing idea that would solve all of our problems with chores not getting done or one person doing more cleaning than the others. I had a chart printed out for each person in my family thinking my step dad would be all for it but he wasn’t 🤣 he was really skeptical and he honestly seemed like he genuinely didn’t understand the concept of each person being in charge of their own chores without being told to do them. It worked out so perfectly in my friends house, but my dad genuinely couldn’t understand the concept, unfortunately we couldn’t even try it. My step dad is always sharing his food and asks us to try some of our food, but will usually end up taking half lol. My mom seems to be collectivist too, but she’s a little more self aware and can notice when I’m slightly uncomfortable or just don’t reciprocate her collectivism. It’s honestly interesting to have 3 parents from Algeria that moved to the US in their 20’s and 30’s. Sometimes we’ll all be in the same room having a convo or eating together (my step dad & my dad get along well, shocking huh?) and I just sit back and observe. I didn’t mean to write a whole essay, but oh well this topic interests me! Hopefully I gave an insightful example of individualism vs. collectivism.

Sincere appreciation from an English teacher here in Korea. What an excellent video for my students. Well scripted, decent vocab and pronunciation, not to mention the structure of the lecture. Thanks again.

Asian countries have been westernized rapidly in the past 100-150 years and are becoming more individualistic (for better or worse). So that means this dichotomy is mattering less and less. It really depends on the person and their environment or upbringing. The examples in this video should only be taken with a grain of salt.

I am an American and I noticed that people from other cultures think that I am too independent, afraid to ask for help, a perfectionist, and really hard on myself.

I’m an American I think neither culture is right or wrong it’s just different. U kno it’s nothing wrong with neither independent or being involved with your community. But in my opinion in most western societies people who are individuals tend to do their own thing and not care what most people think u kno cause we have our own lives to live and can’t live for others especially when we are adults. Now we may take some people’s opinions in consideration but at the end of the day we have to do what’s best for us. Because in the west as individuals we pay our own bills and feeding ourselves cause nobody else is doing it. Whereas people in most eastern societies will tend to care what most people think because they are not only representing themselves they represent everyone in their community. They usually need to get blessing from their parents and/or other elders in their community. If they do anything that brings shame to their community they can be shunned and all. Like when u look at people who live in West tend to be more modern and liberal. They see and accept changes in the world. If your are in the East people are more traditional which means they live by social norms they have lived since the beginning. Now In some countries in the East could be changing but it’s going slow u know changes don’t happen overnight. It takes time and patience for them to happen. But no matter where u from or live u just gotta treat people with respect and all. Don’t insult the way they live or interact with one another

I am proud of to born as a turk in istanbul. I learned western and eastern culture. Both are different but both have great perspective

I think its very important for many students/immigrants to be aware about this culture difference because it affects a lot on the persons ability to succeed and be perceived within the society. In a 'We' culture, people are more reserved and they are not as direct as 'Me' people, its important to be direct in a 'Me' society, if you are going through hardships, unjust or racism. Or if you have achieved something great or have an amazing quality about yourself, you need to share it to whoever might need to know or could know, because in a 'me' society, many people tend to take things at face value, so what you see is what you are getting. No ones going to assume you are great or in pain, you need to represent yourself in a genuine, guilt free way so that people respect you if you have done something great, or talk to you when you share your pain. I say this because being in a 'Me' culture can be hard sometimes, in a 'We' culture, people are taught to respect everyone and anyone but mostly on who they are (for example, you need to respect your elders in many east asian countries). however it is perfectly normal to confront elder people in western societies with words no person in the 'We' culture would dare say to an elderly. So know that you don't get treated by who you are, you dont get a "respect me for free beacuse im older than you card", you get treated by how you represent yourself as a person, so make sure to represent yourself!

Grew up on both sides of the Fence, My mom's Japanese so I grew up as a child to early youth in Japan where we were raised on collective thinking and is HEAVILY built on the idea of acting and thinking of others than yourself. For instance, simple enough example but something that is taught in Japan that probably exemplifies this "Collective" thinking perfectly. On an escalator in Japan, it's almost common sense that people who are just idly going up or down stand on the Right-hand side of the escalator so that you can make way for people that are in a hurry so that they can walk up the left-hand side of the escalator. People act and move as a whole to benefit one another, and acting out of the group would usually warrant you A LOT of attention. On the other hand, I grew up in my later years in America, and yeah. The difference between the mindset of these two Cultures is vastly different. I learned that in America, you're rewarded for being selfish, you almost HAVE to be selfish. Nothing that others do is rarely equated to their success when and if they do succeed. Also, because here in the US they have this fetish for being "independent" family ties are slightly frowned upon. For example, In Asian Culture it is generally not taboo to live with your parents well into adulthood being that most of them do have a career job and do chip in for rent and is also a way to pay back to your parents by taking care of them in old age as to show your appreciation. However, in America, It's almost HAVE to move out by your 18yrs old. One thing that made me scratch my head, I was dating a girl raised somewhere in the Mainland, as I live in Hawaii. The Rent out here can be a lot, and it's usually not TOO uncommon to see families living and splitting rent in one house. Whole families. I was working two jobs at the time at 22yrs old and I remember that she made a remark about me still living with my parents at 22. While she was visiting here for college whose trip, finances, college tuition, dorm fee, living expenses, allowance was all hand given by her parents lmao and I couldn't help but think "huh.... okay." I've been working since I was 15yrso old to support myself. Tf? haha. Wasn't even the ignorant jab at my living circumstance that made me cringe, it was how unaware of how pampered she is and somehow thought she was making it ALL herself. I had to laugh. Through and through, Yeah where there is a downfall from both cultural perspectives... I'd rather be a collective thinker that's considerate of others than a selfish, self-centered fuck. But that's just me though.

This is a very important thing that rarely discused.We know that there are different between western cultures and eastern cultures.Individualistic and collectivism only small part of these different.There are still plenty of different things.

My dad’s canadien and my mom’s korean so I have both cultures. I’m more of a « we » culture though.

me culture more independent. we culture more dependent.

Interesting - a blend of both is lovely

I'm a me culture person who borns in we culture society. Sometimes it's suck.

This is such a well done video- the examples, the graphics, the context and the detailed explanation is accurate but also accessible to people with a lower level of English. Thank you~

Very well done 😅 for example when I said "We should minimize our own biasness." And then saying, "I should minimize my own biasness." Saying both won't hurt at all.

Anglo-Germanic cultures are more “ME CULTURES” Latin-Romance cultures are more “WE CULTURES” But which one is western culture???

Individualism is just a polite way to say selfish

I have a frustrating experience. Not knowing where to begin or hitting a plateau can feel demoralizing and make it hard to hit the books and study like you know you should…Having friends from other cultures makes me more creative. In fresh ways about space and how people create their own world and environment. It is best way to connect between creative thinking and cross-cultural relationships

No one is better than the other. just respect every existence.

Me and we = tea

Even collectivist cultures do allow some degree of individualism. There is just a more emphasis on societal cohesion. Collective cultures are not usually totalitarian and they should not be perceived as such. I actually find individualism more totalitarian than collectivism because although we have freedom we receive little to no support from others and we are pressured to adapt to the dominant culture just in order to survive and live a normal life.

I want my own food so I get what exactly I want, and happy that others too can get exactly what they want.

we culture is better. when people get old their children take care of them. Whereas me culture lacks that. Me culture causes more depression and lead to suicide whereas in we culture this problem is very rare but still there.

Where is the rest of Asia ? East doesnt mean only East Asia

There is problem in each system… Having lived in eastern culture for most of my life, I can see those flaws closely… There is always a pressure to conform to a certain role in the society which limits your potential and creativity… This also results in controlling behavior from the elders towards the younger.

A lot of times people in Me-culture become self centred and narcissistic

This video is biased towards showing what it calls _we_ societies (collectivist societies) as better than _me_ societies (individualistic societies). Most of the times the so-called _we_ societies subjugate people to the will of the majority, leading people to carry unhappy lives only because hypocrisy, conformity and being "normal" is the core of social life leaded by this imaginary "majority"; while in the societies in which individuals are better respected often achieve better decisions and cultural traits through the consensus of many individuals. By the other hand, there's no pure _me_ or _we_ society on Earth.

We easterners love our culture 🇮🇳🇯🇵🇮🇷🇨🇳🇰🇷.

We societies have friendlier people but people turn out very similar. That's why when my white friend went to japan all the Japanese girls wanted to get to know him because he was new and different. Really shows how different the me culture is.

The key is to practice both, and in some ways, we already do. On a macro level, it has to be WE. However, being responsible for yourself has to be instilled from the getgo.

Thanks for this concise explanation of such an important dynamic I will make a video with an elaboration and my speculation on a main cause of that

Sharing/giving and collectivism are not the same thing even if they overlap.

FYI, that's not the Australian Flag. That's not anyone's flag, it appears to be a hybrid of Australia and New Zealand.

i'm here because of our teacher she wants us to do a reaction paper 🤣

Eastern Cultures are more practical and powerfull

I LOVE this video but, and this is a BIG but: Why does the video completely overlook/ignore African societies and Indigenous peoples (such as Native Americans or Pasifika peoples)?

TY for this information. This video was made before the COVID-19 pandemic and outbreak of wars in Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, and Israel-Palestine. I don't think there clearly exists a demarcation between "me" and "we" societies anymore. Our world has become so geopolitically and environmentally unstable that the "we" philosophy is becoming more dominant in all parts of the world. While we, Americans, still pride ourselves in our individualism, we are adopting many aspects of the "we". Large group gatherings are often seen in parks and restaurants where I live. The concept of "family" is broader than it used to be. Our Immediate families are considered anyone who is in our circle of life, i.e.parents, siblings, close friends, neighbors, and trusted work colleagues are our "family" these days. We're not to the same level of "we" as our Asian counterparts, but we aren't too far behind coming out of the pandemic. I think the hardest part for me is remembering that there are significant cultural differences that are still in place. I traveled to several countries in the past and enjoyed most of the cultures I experienced (i.e. all except for Italy). I've been to the UK, Germany, France, China, South Korea, Japan, Mexico, Belize, Canada, and Australia, My business took me to many places across the USA. In each place, I found elements of both the "me" and "we" philosophies at the same time. I haven't traveled since the pandemic, but I don't think this duality is as rigid as shown here since the global disease forced many people to change how they live their lives. There's more of a philosophical blending.of the two extremes that's taking place today. And as climate change and politics make the world more volatile and immigration increases, 'we" societies will become the only way to survive. Again, TY for this discussion. It's an important one needing more of my own understanding. I sometimes forget that there are cultural differences that must be acknowledged and respected. 👍🤔

if modern me cultures actually valued the immediate family as strongly as we cultures did, it would be ok.

Thank you for sharing☺️❤️💕

great video! explains a lot!

Really great video to understand the main difference beetween the 2 big cultures divisions!! #Knovvaacademy

Eastern culture is build on ancient tradition and rules. West break rules and change them with development.

This video is good it's just the opening hurt my ears with earphone omg

What about cultures in "the south"??? Why is the question framed as west vs east???

Eastern culture is best because team work and family Unexpected problem take a wrong decisions me that time family member can help

culture is one of many factors that influence who we are

Our next evolutionary state is to become the Individual-collective. Were we recognize the right of the individual and how one maintains and composes the whole.

I think you missed the Black sea and Bulgaria

Individuals can unite for common goals such as huge construction projects and wars while maintaining their individualism. When westerners do things as a group there is more input from individuals leading to more creative input for the projects they are creating. As for Hive Cultures (Eastern) The group is conformed to the one individual deemed the leader. The leader is the "I" of the group. Everyone lives for him (not her) and his job is to protect the group (himself). In war they fight for the group and not their individual families or children. When the leader dies his oldest offspring will be his replacement unless an individual arises within the group to overthrow him. In politics each group is like one person which is lead by the leading group and resembles the lower level groups. Hive Culturalism, for these reasons, are very limited in creativity.

Me culture For The Win. Makes the human race move FORWARD.

I had to watch this for school

Me is individuation, we is enmeshment trauma.

3:00 start without waiting ofc

As a individual you can't do many things, but as Family, Group we can do a lot more things. Or you think one individual can build a 10 floor House... I don't think so. As Group we are stronger. Why do you thing lions are one of the best hunters on the world, because they hunt as group or family.

Brazil is seen as a collectivist society, but it really depends on who and where you are, I'm an individualist, and many people I know are also individualists, especially in big cities.

I am both I am form The USA but my parents form China

Nice, in your view-- but it is an old and new culture, old cultures are we culture (Strong in unity and numbers) new culture ( me culture are strong individually, may call it ADVANCE) ( I am a Eurasian

Hey there, interesting video! Good food for thought. Just a small issue on your map though, you have Ecuador and Peru fused together. We are border and brother countries but we are not fused as the map shows. Sincerely, a we person living in a me society (and getting nuts because of it! haha)

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Wait there. The West isn’t just the germanic world . What about the latin romance huh? This video kinda excludes the french, spanish,italian and latinos. If u go to Spain and then go to Germany u’ll see a difference.

Hey! Can we include the cultural differences in BELIEFS OR VALUES? For e.g - If we have to cite an answer in which we have to state the belief or value very different from ours. Can we state the cultural differences in the east or west? Do different cultural come under the category of VALUES OR BELIEFS? Hoping for an early response. Thanks and the video was very informative.

Latinamerica is western and we are a "We" community, not everybody in America is me culture

are there similarities you also found based on your explanation?

How can you make this video? Any software or website I can use design that kind of cartoon video ?

Much more love in a WE culture

The easily solution is promote diversity of culture, allow groups of people who are of different opinions to establish their own little communities as per their own guidelines and standards, if a group of asians in America want to form a "reservation" style of community with their own local laws and customs let them, that way they will be happier than they would be by being forced to live in an individualist manner and likewise those who want individualism should have their own individualist communities, i think the issue with politics rises when groups of people want to force their way of life on others and stamp out all alternatives

Western life is so much easier than the East. With larger population and limited resources, life is hyper-competitive in the East Asia. In the US and Europe you can learn trades and start small businesses and be able to make comfortable living, but the in East Asia without prestigious education life is a nightmare. Achievement standards for everything are extremely high and nearly impossible for achieve for most of the population. Work hours are extremely long. Highest real estate prices in the world.

We culture is the best!

好的視頻非常有用

I think that in latin America these two concepts are mixed

Can I use this in my project?

Why aren't we a "We" culture? It makes so much sense.

What is the characters of this video?

Thank You!

Now I have more understanding and clues as to why in business in the west. The greeds stole my shits and discredited me

I agree Im korean for example if i introduce my parents to my friends or the other korean people say "they are our parents " not my parents kkkkk

I think some of the things in this video was wrong like blaming the person's personality for being late but I understand that it's meant to show Eastern culture compared to Western so it has to make it look good

Even though there is a lot more deference’s but it nice video

constructive criticism. in your next video make sure the audio is significantly reduced. I had to use the closed caption to understand your narration.

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its a great myth that the Indian culture is collectivist, the religion of Hinduism the dominant religion of my country is a rugged individualist one and is based on the idea that only the individual has a chance as well as the responsibility of realizing god

For me the best is a me culture with family tradition just like the west used to be

Is American culture for real me me me me me or instead is it strength based during the belief that each member's contribution to the team is what makes that team work well together. When each person on a team is earning as much recognition as possible from the people at the top instead of competing with themselves to grow how is that necessarily automatic going to be benefiting the whole of that community? For example a person from any kind of American background would be competing with themselves when it comes to honing their own listening skills to be looking for the best in others.

stb please help me , i dont understand

The "caption" or subtitles are kinda off 😑

having western culture, values, religion, language, etc. does not mean you are western physically. you can have anything western in you, but if you don't look white or European, you will never be recognized or considered as western. The term western is basically also about what you look like. Do you look white? Do you look European? The term western synonymous to European or white Example: Western culture = European culture Western language = European language Western food = Food of Europeans Western tradition = European tradition or tradition of white or European people He looks Western = He looks European / He looks white She doesn't look Western = She doesn't look white / She doesn't look European

WHAT IS THE BACKGROUND MUSIC PLSS

Amei o video! Parabens!!!

Harey tak paham... Aku tengok video ni just sbb tc suruh ja 😴

Cant we be both? What if u have parents from two different cultures E.g western and eastern.

i hate living in west, east sounds like dream

I am from India and India historically and even now is more inclined towards me culture.....

Western = Mostly Christian. Eastern = Mostly Buddhist. Middle Eastern = Mostly Islamic. A core difference between East, West, and Middle East.