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Everytime I here individualism brought up by someone from Hexbear or Lemmygrad, it gets talked about as if it's categorically bad and wrong. Why is that?

This goes against everything I've learned in the states, where we consider individualism a necessary part of being a responsible and moral person, whereas collectivism strips us of our humanity and turns us into subhuman insectoid creatures incapable of thought.

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[–] DerEwigeAtheist@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Because we live in a society and are social animals. The only way to achieve something big is by cooperating with other people. Big groups of people working together are able to achieve amazing things. Individuals cannot even really built a modern house,by themselves. It is a collective societal effort that allows for modern homes to be constructed( for example).

[–] iByteABit@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Come to think of it, I doubt I could even build a mud house on my own. Even the individual bricks needed to build a completely bare bones "house" are also a huge collective effort of humanity.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

A good way of looking at it is that it fucking sucks to do hard or complicated shit by yourself.

[–] Sons_of_Ferrix@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Because we live in a society

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