How individualism is killing Americans

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  • Опубліковано 26 жов 2024

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  • @gelinrefira
    @gelinrefira Рік тому +37

    It's not just self-reliance, the core of American style individualism, or toxic hyper individualism is selfishness/self-centredness.

    • @colinguo5855
      @colinguo5855 Рік тому +3

      Yeah, and by my look as a Californian, it's probably not going to change, as it is the core of the American identity. It cannot be changed as it basically has been taught to the American public since the Frontier Era.

    • @NS-ms5eg
      @NS-ms5eg 4 місяці тому

      Yes. Sadly the rest of the western world has adopted this mentality.

  • @77missconduct
    @77missconduct 2 роки тому +49

    Good points here. Most people who "make it" in life, have the support of networks and connections. This whole "rugged individualism" trope is for the birds....

    • @r.pres.4121
      @r.pres.4121 7 місяців тому +5

      It is not what you know, it is who you know that determines success in life.

    • @77missconduct
      @77missconduct 6 місяців тому +1

      Right on! Academic institutions NEVER tell you this. All the conventional advice dished out glosses over this one all too important truth.

    • @Spiritof-nn1fh
      @Spiritof-nn1fh 3 місяці тому +2

      Absolutely not. The greatest achievements of mankind have been accomplished by single individuals, not groups. But that's how women think.

  • @capt251978
    @capt251978 2 роки тому +7

    Excellent video, brother!

  • @studmuffin1217
    @studmuffin1217 20 днів тому

    Our biggest issue is not allowing Darwinism to run its natural course. So many fight against it causing a weakening of society and the individuals within it.

  • @lukeguastaferro7962
    @lukeguastaferro7962 10 місяців тому +5

    Full time Work at Home causes this there should be a hybrid working model, NOT complete work at Home, it also turns down towns into Ghost Towns with people not going to work there

    • @r.pres.4121
      @r.pres.4121 7 місяців тому +1

      Not only downtown areas but suburban office parks have also been emptied by the working from home concept.

  • @jimmyc3238
    @jimmyc3238 2 роки тому +17

    Individualism: people doing what they want, instead of what they're told.

    • @TheTrancemaster90
      @TheTrancemaster90 2 роки тому +3

      exactly, but people are ignorant so they need to listen to the experts

    • @Kova-ow2en
      @Kova-ow2en Рік тому

      @@TheTrancemaster90 wow, the cognitive dissonance. We need social darwinism. Only the strong survive. I shall remain a individualist 19 year old and I shall not have a master. No gods no scumbag “experts”. I’ve been on my own my entire life so I’m not following the crowd of NPCs

    • @Kekinho07
      @Kekinho07 Рік тому

      @@Kova-ow2en What you are aiming is for Eugenics. You would be a good Nazi.

    • @Lyachos
      @Lyachos Рік тому +13

      Collectivism is adhering to societal norms that are based in culture, history, tradition, it's not about being told what to do, but to do what is objectively the right thing to do. Japan is the perfect example regarding this, even before the pandemic they wore masked when they were sick.

    • @jarjthejargj6099
      @jarjthejargj6099 Рік тому +3

      “Hyper-individualism” is a different beast, though...

  • @parthshukla545
    @parthshukla545 Рік тому +4

    India also recorded high covid patients. However, it is not an individualistic country 😅😅😅

    • @flannelfan433
      @flannelfan433 Рік тому +4

      India is a developing nation

    • @michelleririn5075
      @michelleririn5075 Рік тому +1

      yes india is great just like china, however it will be better if india erase the caste system, it is so hard to erase caste system maybe because krishna or rama or hanuman teaching this system

    • @NotShowingOff
      @NotShowingOff 10 місяців тому +4

      India’s population is many times the USA and it’s crowded.

    • @kittenmastermind660
      @kittenmastermind660 17 днів тому

      It not collectivist if it is hierarchal.

  • @dipdip7250
    @dipdip7250 10 місяців тому +4

    Most people who died were the old and overweight. The damage to young people across the country in economic, educational, and mental health terms was not worth extending lives of those whose time has come.

    • @TayoEXE
      @TayoEXE 8 місяців тому +2

      Perhaps but that very notion is an individualistic one wouldn't you say? Who is deeming the worth of a life other than the individual in this situation? Collectivism is moreso about the consideration of others including strangers with less consideration of individual biases being the determiner of whether the cooperation should occur or not. Once everyone has a different set of values and opinions about whether to help or whom to help or who deserves more help, it becomes less consistent and many can justify selfish acts over the collective good. The solution you offer for example sounds more utilitarian in that who is worth helping or sacrificing your own wants for is based on non-personal traits such as assumed health and age. This can help to a degree with making sure we are not taken advantage of, but this video suggests that hyper-individualism can become problematic when such a problem really requires a indivualistic society to put down personal biases for the common good, something that such a society struggles with more.

    • @dipdip7250
      @dipdip7250 8 місяців тому +3

      @@TayoEXE you can shuffle words around while not taking a side, but I boldly choose to take a side. Fat people consume more resources in all aspects of life (food, fuel, medical supplies) and the elderly are inherently a drag on society, just ask any country with an aging crisis (ie South Korea, Japan, China). What the youth deserve is up for debate, but the sacrifices they carried for society during the pandemic are not worth the toll that will be exacted for years to come with much of it immeasurable. Sure, use words like “utilitarian,” individualistic, but at the end of the day it’s the people who make the most noise who contribute the least.

    • @dipdip7250
      @dipdip7250 8 місяців тому +1

      @@TayoEXE As for the video, individualistic societies are the richest and most productive. I will not fall into the fallacy of citing communism, but looking at more “collectivist” countries in Western Europe highlights that higher taxes and better living standards also mean less individual power for those have earned their fortune through meaningful contribution to society. Greed is good. The self-centered are those who create the jobs and inventions. Do you disagree?

    • @kennethkigundu2168
      @kennethkigundu2168 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@dipdip7250 You really need soul searching if you truly believe in any of your statements.

  • @Spiritof-nn1fh
    @Spiritof-nn1fh 3 місяці тому

    Yes let's be sheep