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What is the difference between welfare provision in traditional countries and modern countries

In Western countries, as long as a person's income is below a certain standard, even if his actual standard of living is not low, or even higher than the standard of living of the middle class in many countries - he has the right to be supported by others. Note that since it is his right, no one can take it away from him, and there is no need for him to feel ashamed or even to express gratitude to anyone. It's a perception that this is what he deserves under the law. In China, very few people believe that it is their right to receive relief or help from the state or others. The Chinese concept is the other way around, that social welfare is the state's "responsibility to the people.

In the Western welfare system, receiving welfare is a citizen's" right. Among the "four freedoms" proposed by Roosevelt in the United States, "freedom from want" is the basic human right of citizens to receive welfare benefits. At that time, this could be regarded as an advancement of human civilization, but as time went by and people became accustomed to it, hidden dangers emerged. This concept of welfare in China has been well inherited and has become an effective means of strengthening social acceptance and easing conflicts.

Then each country has its own different welfare system, but due to the different economic and political conditions of different countries make each country in the welfare system has its own characteristics. This is fundamentally the division of melancholy welfare system is influenced by the material base and political conditions.