(5) No print culture, no Romantic Movement as we know it in Western culture.
But so what?
So what happens in non-Western countries in the world today when the United States engages in democracy promotion?
Ong's relationist way of thinking suggests that modern democracy is actually a juggernaut of cultural factors that emerged historically in Western culture.
Next, what happens when the globalization of the economy today leads to some form of modern capitalism making inroads in non-Western countries?
Once again, Ong's relationist way of thinking suggests that modern capitalism is actually a juggernaut of cultural factors that emerged historically in Western culture.
As democracy promotion makes inroads in non-Western countries today where democracy has not already been established, we should expect that there will be certain cultural and personal discomforts associated with the inception of democracy.
Similarly, as capitalism, or something like capitalism, makes inroads in non-Western countries today where it has not previously been native to the culture, there will be certain cultural and personal discomforts associated with the development of capitalist economic arrangements.
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