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Post by Discoalucard on Mar 20, 2007 15:25:20 GMT -5
Well, he grew up in a different country, so he probably learned different values than those growing up here. A lot of this potentially comes with age too - anyone who works in the corporate world knows how these things work, but when you're younger and still in school, you might not be aware of how it all fits together, especially if you're not making a whole lot of money, as is the case with most students. It's one thing to be told how capitalism works - it's another to actually be part of the process.
One of my friends grew up in China, and she doesn't really see the point of paying full price for DVDs, since she grew up in a land of bootlegs. She's been living here in the States for at least seven years, but even though she can afford it now, it's just the way she was brought up, and just doesn't see any value in buying a legit product when the money is better spent on shoes or purses or whatever. Some of which are still bootlegged.
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Post by YourAverageJoe on Mar 20, 2007 15:33:58 GMT -5
I know for certain that in no western country (west of Berlin, and some few others like Greece) is anyone raised that way. Funny how Nintendo did their iQue to take advantage of the Chinese mindset.
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Post by hashin on Mar 22, 2007 15:23:54 GMT -5
I know for certain that in no western country (west of Berlin, and some few others like Greece) is anyone raised that way. Aside South America, right?
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Post by YourAverageJoe on Mar 22, 2007 16:10:26 GMT -5
There's no western country there, so I'd guess not. When you talk about the western countries, generally it's North America, the part of Europe that's west of Germany's Berlin (Iron Curtain!), and a few others, like Greece.
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