Cultural relativism and why the middle east won't modernize soon

Firstly let me say I believe all humans have the right to freedom of conscious, freedom of speach, assembly, association etc. But when I say I am to some extent a cultural relativist, what I mean is practically I don't think every human who is given these freedoms will understand them or want them. This is a pretty well know result in behavioral science: animals will trade freedom for security. Therefore this is the default mode for humans. To have a society that is free, we must understand what Jefferson said:He who trades liberty for security deserves neither and will lose both. But this is for a civilized human, that is to say a human animal plus years of conditioning in civilized society. One cannot make a civilized person from a jungle boy (to use an extreme example). (Note: by civilized I mean any civilization where the society values freedoms which could be tribal or modern). Humans will almost always default to their upbringing and so giving a person who has lived under an unfree rule (such as Saudi Arabia) will instinctively cower at the choices and possibilities of western culture. This is not genetic since all humans will fear the vast openness of space when in a space suit on a space walk and can only overcome it with training. Also a Saudi child raised in the western world with civilized freedoms will be perfectly capable of valuing and using his freedoms. So while i firmly believe all humans deserve civilized freedoms I don't think they are all ready for it and so the transition for the older people must be slow.

What is an interesting aspect of this is how globalization has changed the field. Some people are naturally rebellious and intelligent and want these freedoms. In years past that meant a fight for social revolution, today that often means immigration. Why fight your government and lead people to freedom which is very hard and dangerous when you can hop on a plane to the western world and live how you want? The Iranian communities in Canada are a great example. The vast majority are highly educated successful professionals. These would be leaders in their country for change but instead the western world offers them the freedom and live style they crave without the danger of social revolution. I'd chose that! What this says to me is places like the middle east and Africa are in a terrible place since the people that would be great leaders are being bought by the west. The west skims the top of the country and leaves the rest making it hard to change the countries ways. But it would be inhuman to let the people waste a way and suffer under a society that does not give them the freedom they deserve.