/lit/ - Literature

>>15558882
>This is a social phenomenon that is really worth considering. In the heartland of global modernization, there are so many people who refuse to modernize. Their remoteness is not geographical, but psychological. They voluntarily separated themselves from modernization. From this we can draw a conclusion: if people refuse to internalize modernization, then modernization is difficult to intrude upon them. This phenomenon can be seen in different societies. The real power of modernization lies in a person's inner world.

>Another issue worth thinking about is "psychological safety." Amish people feel that their lifestyle provides the safest environment, and if it is changed it will be crisis and unrest. This psychological fear is also an important reason for their rejection of modernization. The modernization process is naturally a process of reforming the old social structure and a process of making a certain sense of security fade away. If people are afraid of the disappearance of a secure environment, modernization and even any social change will encounter tremendous resistance.

>In managing these contradictions, the methods and means used by society are arbitrary, and they do not insist on uniformity. Nor can they enforce uniformity. If the government forces the Amish to accept modernization, it will only put pressure on itself. There are many examples of Amishness in the United States. People in many places have their own way of life, which is incompatible with the mainstream of society, but they can exist. Part of the contradiction in society is resolved in this kind of eyes open and closed (I can't parse this, I'm sorry). No one blushes for the backwardness of the Amish, but thinks it is a typical reflection of the American spirit. Some management methods in American society are actually unmanaged. This is a more effective management method under certain conditions.

>When I returned, I saw a couple of old men and women rushing down a modern road. They were so relieved and contented. Is modernization wrong? The choice of any lifestyle is accompanied by the convenience and the price paid for it.