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Scott Alexander has written an interesting exploration of an idea similar to this: http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/06/07/archipelago-and-atomic-communitarianism/
by beaconstudios 8y ago
Scott Alexander has written an interesting exploration of an idea similar to this: http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/06/07/archipelago-and-atomic-communitarianism/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/06/07/archipelago-and-atomic-...
I feel like the tweet author is being too dismissive of the value of culture though (which is the umbrella that morals and religion belong to).
- flurdy 8y agoI think the tweet author in the first twitter reply emphasises the importance of culture in your choice of residence versus the arbitrary birth country.
- beaconstudios 8y agoBy culture I mean a culture to belong to, traditions and history you can feel linked to and that give you a sense of historical continuity. I'm british though so our cultural history is a bit more ancient than the US and I don't know if national spirit works the same there as a result. It seems the US is more unified by ideas around freedom from tyranny and individual rights.