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Originally Posted by JavaBlack
The primary difference between the West and the ME has little to do with the specific superstitions and group affiliations and more to do with the level of development, the strength of the economy, the political history, and the level of education.
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Actually, there is a big difference between the functioning of the groups and this is due to the high levels of consanguinity in the middle east. In the west, group attachments tend to be based upon ideology, but where people are married to first and second cousins, those attachments are based more on blood ties.