In the Tang Dynasty and before, Chinese were open and accepting to multi-culture. Women wear sleeveless and you can see their pale white leg. Somewhere in Song and Ming, the last two dynasties led by Chinese natives, people became very conservative. Slightess immorality can be punishable by death.
I do observed that many successful societies are not conservative. Today we have USA, and in the past Qin Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Mongols, not sure about Roman and Alexandra, but I am sure they are no where near conservative.
Successful societies seem to be injected with adrenalin of change, uncertainties, and restlessness. People are on the move to make things happen and opportunities abound. When a society become conservative, many laws and regulations control people's movement and thoughts. As such, movement and change slowed. It wasn't a bad thing to enable people to take a break after long period of war or disaster. However, long term effects mean inadaptability. Also converativism also means extreme means of control over the people is required. Law is enforced using culture, not logic, as a foundation, inevitability lead to social tension, I believed the long term effect is non-action and selfishness.
Well, just me theory. :)
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