Ways this can be interpreted:
1) The
yin-yang symbol comes from a
part of the world where you can meet
Confucian Buddhists,
Hindu Daoists, and
Shintoists who have
Christian weddings and
Buddhist funerals. This is no context in which to complain about
adulteration.
2) The yin-yang symbolizes the unity of opposites, and with it such ideas as freedom from
desire and acceptance in the face of suffering. The indication of blithe happiness in both brightest white and gloomiest black is symbolic of this
acceptance and
durability.
3) It's the
complementarity and eternal intermixture of opposites. But in a country where men won't
hug each other and see negotiation as a sign of weakness, and women learn to be cute and manipulative rather than open and assertive, we have rejected the idea. We choose to plug the holes in our being with pop-cultural
kitsch rather than face our repressed selves.