Why are East Asians culturally tight collectivists?
ROCKING OUR PRIORS
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The Rise and Fall of the East
Cultural tightness is high amongst communities that have experienced socio-ecological threats. Existential threats may trigger anxiety, motivating group conformity and normative policing. Confucianism emphasizes subordination to one's parents, one's husband and ultimately the emperor. Crop failures triggered fewer peasant rebellions in counties with more Confucian temples and widow chastity.
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