Westerners pursue individual achievement, Easterners pursue collective achievement; the differing philosophies have crafted divergent life paths.
Centuries of centralized power have instilled a sense of collectivism in everyone, from the nuclear family, the clan, and ultimately the nation.
The Confucian idea of self-cultivation, family management, governance, and peace across the world has become the lifelong pursuit of countless men in later generations.
Westerners are those who can't even control themselves; the doctrine of self-cultivation, family management, governance, and world peace is like a fairy tale to them.
This also leads to Westerners placing personal interests above national interests, confirming the principle that if one does not advance self-interest, heavenly and earthly destruction follows.
Upon understanding this disparity, the gap between Western and Eastern merchants significantly widened, their approaches to wealth accumulation diverging.
