lmao

China, Korea, Japan, Costa Rica, and Indonesia for example are all considered present day collectivist cultures

Most cultures and societies were/are collectivist. Individualism is a relatively new and Western mindset in the grand scheme of human history

I said before modern era lol.

You're not wrong bro.

People already Boujee af on the street pretending not to make eye contact or greet ppl. S***, at my own job, people I see everyday for half of the literal day; most those mfers act brand new when you greet them or say something to them. N its not even on some let's chat and become friends s*** I'm talking just a friendly hi or wassup.

Like damn, I don't wanna talk to most of you either, but I at least have the compassion to acknowledge y'all out of courteousy every now and then...

Seems like everyone is starting to think they're too cool or important to be friendly and open with just anyone. Everyone's just shut in and only interacting with those they deem 'worthy'

Video games is the same s*** too You play an open world multiplayer game and people kill you on sight with no warning just to take your starter gear or something.

I notice on the road too, people driving like their insurance is a charity to them. Flooring it going like 30 over just to cut you off to get into a McDonald's...

Or worse, when they floor it to get in front of you and then proceed to drive slow or slam on their brakes cause they're about to hit someone or miss their turn

People will literally do the riskiest s*** you can do in a car just to be the first ones through an intersection or turn. Or if they weren't paying attention and are on the opposite turning lane, instead of rerouting and circling back, they pull some risky ass s***, damn near hit multiple cars, just to make it to the right turn lane from the left turn lane.

Greed and stupidity is not a good mix at all.

I really think you should research and educate yourself on Native american culture and how before colonizers destroyed their lives they actually were all about collectivism and giving back to their entire community every month while keeping “competition” with other activities. We could have a much better society if colonizers collaborated along with native culture

thread full of people talking about how stupid and selfish other people are

conclusion: we need to cooperate with those stupid and selfish other people we hate

It’s hilarious that this title was inspired by you being mad about people not working together when playing team deathmatch lmaooo

ktt2 be like, we need a more equitable society, i learned this from playing multiplayer video games, and making zero efforts with my local community, who are all selfish and stupid unlike me

That's my point, they've been that way for a long time, before the modern era. Did you even read my post?

Media got a stranglehold on everyone's emotions tbh
Just gets it's hooks in thru a different medium for different people
Becoming aware of how your emotions get played like a fiddle is a huge step
It's just the first step as well the layers never seem to end
I think it's why unplugging from human made environments can be so beneficial to us
Just a walk in the park/forest and you do better on a cognitive test than when walk in the city
Slow intelligence hugely undervalued and is tangential to the individuality op is pressed about

You didnt give any examples of large scale collectivist societies pre modern era haha.

Can you link a larger scale example of a collectivist society pre modern era?

read my post again, slowly this time

I looked up modern Japan and Korea I didn't know those were considered collectivist. But I don't know if its truly a factor or as big of a factor but 98% of the population is Japanese.

The posts responding to me wernt pre modern era examples unless you are saying those countries have always been like that

Another america bad thread lol

That is exactly what I've been saying. That those countries have been like that for a very, very long time (I'm not going to say always because I don't know their full history), long before the information age/'modern era'.

My point is you would be hard pressed to find individualistic societies before the industrial - information age. Individualism is relatively novel in the grand scheme of human history and became as widespread as it has with the growth of Western capitalism.

I corrected my first post in another post. I should’ve stated it’s a natural part of life that people are trying to get rid of, and it’s a good thing too

Socialism doesn’t work. It’s been tried several times

i don't know man i was in the military and my healthcare was working pretty well

Why the f*** this s*** in here it ain’t political lol

Stopgap social policy that occurs once every generation is the only reason this country hasn’t totally collapsed into the ground

High tax rates and novel social programs propelled america into economic prosperity in the 1950’s.

Emergency programs like unemployment bonuses and rent moratorium are the only reason our country didn’t implode on itself during COVID, and once those policies end in September, it WILL implode

Whether you like it or not, socialist ideals and aligned policies are what keep countries together in comparison to capitalist policy

why was this moved lol