[stijnh]

>Cultures like this may value things like "familial harmony" more than "individual prosperity".

In the article, it was stated that there is a relationship here. Children are much more likely to be successful in live if their parents were married.

>the author [..] would attribute everything bad in society to the decline in things she holds valuable. It's part of the definition.

No, that's just a strawman.

[exelius]

It's the definition of "successful" that I'm arguing against. It presupposes a lot about what the purpose of culture is/should be.