Understanding a Society, thus, Their Members

Through my travel, study and encounters with countless people from different walks of life, this is what I learned about the world!

Everything human (behavior and actions) can be explained by economics (the rational decisions) and behavioral psychology (irrational ones).

You can define an individual from a region based on the following five factors: 

Geography

Rwanda - focus on call center biz instead of manufacturing exports for a land locked country)

Economy 

Poor woman in Philippines marrying Nordic retirees

People being warm in poor countries due to poor public safety net (welfare programs etc) and more reliance on social safety/ support from social network 

History 

South Africa black empowerment program points for companies from govt after what happened in apartheid

Lot of countries have affirmative action programs

Cultural/ religion 

In South America people celebrate Christmas near winter solstice even though Christmas is actually to mark the new sun (winter solstice)

Consumerism in western culture vs savings in eastern

Abortion ban in very catholic countries leading to youngsters having additional financial and emotional burden when they are not yet ready and thus further sinking them down in the poverty spiral

Politics 

Is there monarchy or democracy or socialism or communism or capitalism

How politician fool their population if they are reasonably good faith-ed or mostly self-centerd

Is the citizenry tolerant or not of their politicians, are they patient for long term development measures)

Your individual history, where you grew up, what experiences you had, has a strong influence on what you are and what you would be in future. It defines you. A large part of it is given to you as you are borne. It takes efforts to understand, realize and break away from that mental frame.