Effects of Refusal to Modernize

Effects of Refusal to Modernize

The Middle East’s refusal to modernize is the cause of virtually every conflict between the Middle East and the West. There are three major examples which potray this. The first example of this is 9/11 the symbolic destruction of modernization, and power. The second is the way they treat women. In the Middle East women are seen as inferior still. They are not allowed to have rights or be educated. The Middle East views wealth, materialism, and easy way of living as evil. Yet many countries like accoutrements of wealth. They see our way of government as a threat to them. In their views democracy suggests more powerful. This could be caused by jealousy. The Middle East was once viewed as intellectual and economically healthy. The Middle East in my eyes comes across as teenagers, refusing to be like everyone else, refusing to admit they were wrong, and refusing to give up the hope of power.
-C.W.