Can someone explain to me why is it so hard to adapt to so called "Western Values"?
Most of them are rooted in natural law and common sense. The 10 commandments is a good start.
Why is it hard to adapt to this way of life?
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Because most of the world - and virtually 100% of the eastern world - is ruled by psychopaths and always has been.
Psychopaths have no empathy for anyone or anything. Neither do reptiles. That's why psychopaths are so often called "cold-blooded" or "snakes".
No empathy = no conscience. When you have no conscience, you care about nothing but power and control. Other humans, and animals, are just things for you to use - nothing more.
Psychopaths firmly believe in the "laws of nature" that says The Strong Rule Over the Weak and Might Makes Right, and that's exactly how all of them live. Pharaohs, kings, chiefs, mafia bosses - it's always the same thing, no matter where and when they exist.
Even the small-time psychopaths, like street thieves and criminals, live the same way and make life hell for their families and neighbors unless and until they are forcibly stopped.
The western world was aided by the rise of Christianity, because its rules and guidelines mostly consist of "how not to be a psychopath and how to deal with the ones you find." The west actually did experiment with free and fair societies - the USA was the most recent example - but psychopaths despise that and always work to overturn it as fast as they can.
Which is what we're seeing now.