How the East view the West and Vice Versa ?

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Before the internet was born little was known about people from other countries especially the western world. The little information I gathered from watching western movies on tv were not good enough to give me a true picture of people and their lifestyles. Movies from the west were and still are heavily censored in my country before they are screened on tv. The kissing scenes, fondling parts and shooting parts of westerns movies were cut as the censoring board of our country think that those parts are not good for our Asian culture. And we are still not the best people in the world! I always think people in advanced countries like the US, England and the hosts of western countries are more superior than people from third world countries. My ignorance could have stemmed from past history as my country was once colonized by the British and they have instilled in the locals that they were the powerful lords and their words were nothing but law. The internet has opened the floodgate of my ignorance which has kept me in the dark all those years of how I viewed the western world and the people that live there as blessed people who live in mansions, wear fine cloths and drive big cars. Little did I realized that anywhere in the world they are sufferings and joy like what I see everyday in my home turf. Interacting in mylot has given me a clearer picture that there are not too far difference between the East and the West in terms of livelihood. Unfortunately, some of us don't write as well as those from the west but comparatively our thoughts are similar in so many ways. If you are in this topic, maybe you can share your views, which ever side of the world you maybe.