#individualism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #individualism, aggregated by home.social.
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I won't say what ridiculous media prompted this, but I find myself wondering about the history of #individualism versus #collectivism in world cultures. I'm wondering about history going back to, and before, the agricultural revolution.
I can make some half-assed hypotheses, but I really don't know anything about this. I've studied the issue a little bit in contemporary cross-cultural psych terms, but I realize I know basically nothing about the temporal dimension.
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How Sweden became a country of big-state libertarians.
Few ideological causes ever united Bernie Sanders, an American politician so left-wing he could run for office as a European centrist, and Charlie Kirk, a Trumpian firebrand.
A rare point of agreement among them, oddly, was the appeal of Sweden.
#Sweden #Politics #BernieSanders #CharlieKirk #Individualism #Collectivism
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From a social science perspective, the key error of nationalism and racism is to prioritise one people's history over another's. Each individual and each society evolved within its own context, and all historical contexts are equally valid, understandable, and worthy of respect.
#socialscience #nationalism #racism #history #context #evolution #validity #understanding #respect #dei #diversity #equality #inclusion #ignorance #individualism #collectivism
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A masculinity crisis
* American Crusade w/ Eleanor Janega
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chvlbx9zAHg* Manosphere: A community centred on male grievance and empowerment.
https://theconversation.com/youd-better-start-paying-attention-to-the-manosphere-youre-living-in-it-279547* Rugged Individualism and the Misunderstanding of American Inequality
https://confrontingpoverty.org/research/rugged-individualism-and-the-misunderstanding-of-american-inequality/
#MasculinityCrisis #manosphere #masculinity #individualism #competition #SocialDarwinism #RuggedIndividualism #ressentiment #entitlement #equality #inequality #CultureOfMisogyny #misogyny #ChristianRight #violence #war #zeitgeist -
When you read stuff like this, it’s good to keep in mind that all of this is a choice.
Why Being Middle-Aged Sucks So Much for Americans (and No One Else)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-being-middle-aged-sucks-so-much-for-americans-and-no-one-else/#aging #americandream #unitedstates #individualism #uspolitics #usculture
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 18 “Conclusion” (1854)More about this quote: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #henrydavidthoreau #differentdrummer #dissident #eccentricity #heterogeneity #independence #individualism #individuality #inspiration #meme #nonconformist #pace #selfdirection #tempo #time #unconventionality #uniqueness #difference
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Rugged individualism and climate change preparedness
" The US president has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters."
“Each year above 1.5 degrees will hammer economies, deepen inequalities and inflict irreversible damage,” UN secretary general António Guterres "
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/04/donald-trump-disaster-response-preparednessRugged individualism >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugged_individualism
#Climate #ClimateDisruption #FossilFuels #preparedness #regulation #SocietalResponses #CollectiveSupport #SelfReliance #IndividualActions #SettlerSociety #RuggedIndividualism #individualism #sprawl #liberalism #inequallity #disasters #FossilfuelSubsidies -
#agriculture #animism #apocrypha #astrology #bible #collectivism #civilization #christianity #culture #cosmology #cosmos #earthmother #esotericism #individualism #judaism #knowledge #materialism #monism #monotheism #motherearth #mothergoddess #nephilim #neuroscience #neuropsychology #pantheism #philosophy #poetry #polytheism #psychology #religion #secretsociety #spiritualism #spirituality #symbolism #theism #theology #society
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Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 18 "Conclusion" (1854)More info about this quote: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #henrydavidthoreau #walden #rhythm #attainment #desperation #effort #enterprise #haste #individualism #pace #rushing #selfdirected #success
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Why can't the argument be:
- Less about #individualism versus #collectivism, and
- More about seeing both as part of a spectrum, whereWe understand that either can be toxic and destructive when taken to an extreme, weaponised to benefit a few.
To explore that the answer may not be any rigid one position, anywhere on the spectrum (or plane involving other points), thus to study both (or all) positions instructively to help find a balance that flows between the two?
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With the recent #tariffs news, it’s a good time to revisit Harry Binswanger’s 2024 essay, “’Buy American’ Is Un-American”: https://newideal.aynrand.org/buy-american-is-un-american/
Originally delivered as a speech in 1987, it highlights just how long this flawed concept has persisted.
Economic #nationalism goes against America’s fundamental values of #individualism, #FreeTrade, and rational self-interest. Choosing products based solely on their country-of-origin fosters #collectivism and #xenophobia, not true #patriotism.
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The #NuclearFamily ("#individualism")
killed
the #TraditionalFamily (#collectivism).
I'm sick and tired
of pretending otherwise.#consetvatives , #liberals, #nationalists, #fascists, you screwed THE ENTIRE WORLD and don't even know it's your fault.
Bury your heads in the sand no more, or at the very least stop pretending liberals are #leftwing. Here's a hint: #liberalism is RIGHT FROM #CENTER.
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@witchescauldron
The other day someone shared this interview with us, we heard it before and it resonates strongly with what we've seen in #Australia too.She even talks about the #individualism and yes, #virtueSignaling and the #stenographers of power in the #forcedNews #legacyMedia.
https://www.rt.com/podcast/509472-social-justice-left-activism/
