The state of the world explained in just one picture

[eridani]

[Proserpina]

1. Which is worse? I think they are both bad

[Enthusiast]

10. Me too.

[malaise]

2. Perfect

Rec

[newfie11]

3. So freaking true!

[sorechasm]

4. Profoundly true!

Too bad we can't see eye to eye. Imagine the possibilities.

[Fast Walker 52]

5. what is it that the West is not seeing, exactly?

[Hortensis]

6. No. Doesn't ping. My picture is of a dry well

and dying orchard in Iran and people sitting chatting in a garden in America. Dangerous as religions can be, the big differences are prosperity and security.

[azurnoir]

7. I wish I could rec this twice

[oberliner]

8. No one in the West walks around like that

Whereas the picture in the East is an actual literal depiction of reality for many women (include some in the West).

Edit to Add: In many cases, you actually can't even see that much of the eyes.

[Omaha Steve]

9. Thanks for posting

K&R!

OS

[Old Crow]

11. Graphically clever, but I'm not sure I'm buying it.

If I had to summarize the contrast between the two cultures, I'd say much of the fundamentalist Muslim world depicted in this graphic is rejecting science and other forms of secular progress, while most of the West is focused on looking at the world around us, questioning dogma, and moving forward.

Compare the number of Muslim Nobel laureates (12) to the laureates of other cultures and faiths (Jews, for example, account for 170), and it's eye-opening. Clearly, something is awry.

[CBGLuthier]

12. Nahh, not really. America sure. The west as a whole, nahhh.

[Nyan]

13. ???

Well, what is the "East" that the picture speaks of? The entire eastern hemisphere is so downtrodden that all of them might as well be wearing burka?
This is false dichotomy.
They're not supposed to be summarily defined either as helpless victims or mindless savages. They have their own agency.
As for the West...it's on point for many folks, but I also wouldn't generalize all of them as being blind.