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by 0dayz 1287 days ago
Asian culture overall is very much in the opposite of individualistic and not only that but they do share "values", just that those values just like their societies expectations, traditions and norms very outdated and not design with necessarily good intentions in mind.

It's not that people in Asia don't want to get family and all that, it just simply coming down to:

1. The economy has not been adjusted with families in mind (we in the west have barely started).

2. Said traditional 'values' and norms were encouraged at a time when democracy nor universal human rights was a thing, which in the past did cost the country some social cohesion but it endured state stability, today however it just puts obstacles for people to try something new and different.

3. Because of 2 people find easier alternatives to family:

Want a patrner with no consequences? Simply order a partner as a service.

Want to be sexually fulfilled? Online porn or sex worker.

Etc.