Russians culturally closer to Koreans and Chinese than to Western Europeans

[Queen B]

Greece closer to Belgium or Finland than Italy?
Makes sense
Japan and South Korea so much apart?

[Aunt Hilda]

Greece closer to Belgium or Finland than Italy?
Makes sense
Japan and South Korea so much apart?

you misunderstand this is about the values of the country not culture

Variation in people‘s prevailing value orientations is enormous, yet in many aspects
it can be boiled down to just two dimensions of cross-cultural variation:

Weak vs. strong SECULAR-RATIONAL Values: with secular-rational values getting
weaker one approaches the mythical ideal of a sacred community, with these
values getting stronger one approaches the rational ideal of a secular community.
This polarity is about ideals of the COMMUNITY.


(2) Weak vs. strong SELF-EXPRESSION Values: with self-expression values getting
weaker one approaches the conformist ideal of a restrained individual, with these
values getting stronger one approaches the ideal of an expressive individual.
This polarity is about ideals of the INDIVIDUAL.

[Hayalet]

you misunderstand this is about the values of the country not culture

The values of a country is a part of its culture.

[Aunt Hilda]

The values of a country is a part of its culture.

doubtful, considering how often and drastically they can change over even small periods of time

[Graham]

Would be interesting to know, exactly how it was scored.

It's correct in saying, Ireland holds more traditional values than England.

Survival & self-expression scores, I don't know what that means exactly.

edit: Migla's post, says how in a small bit.

These scores would change, depending on Urban & rural areas.

[Hayalet]

doubtful, considering how often and drastically they can change over even small periods of time

This is not a matter of dispute, (social) values are a subset of culture going by the dictionary definitions of the words.

[RussiaPrussia]

Would be interesting to know, exactly how it was scored.

It's correct in saying, Ireland holds more traditional values than England.

Survival & self-expression scores, I don't know what that means exactly.

edit: Migla's post, says how in a small bit.

These scores would change, depending on Urban & rural areas.

it means either less freedom for more social security or more freedom and individualism and less security

the other is more conservatism or being more progressive

[Vasconcelos]

Portugal closer to South America than Spain. Of course, how could I not see it.



If you trust this, you're a moron.

[Aunt Hilda]

This is not a matter of dispute, (social) values are a subset of culture going by the dictionary definitions of the words.

considering how culturally catholic countries differ in this department, i disagree

[RussiaPrussia]

considering how culturally catholic countries differ in this department, i disagree

they are still culturally catholic especially in thinking. France, spain and portugal are very centralistic.