2/ There’s a lot to be said for that level of closeness and solidarity. However, the inter-linked obligations and close marriages lead to problems. If you’re obligated to pay for your brother’s mortgage, then major resentment can arise pretty easily.
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3/ This is why the flip side of a close family is—like the Italian mafia—bloody feuding. People from these societies literally end up shooting each other, partly because their financial affairs and bloodlines are so intertangled.
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4/ Westerners don’t really have families anymore, it’s mainly complete atomisation. This is lonely and isolating, but the advantage is that you’re not roped into a good feud against your uncles or cousins.
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