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The good side of community, order and obedience to authority are the entire civilized world and all the goodies within it. Hospitals, electricity, cozy homes th
by j9461701 7y ago
The good side of community, order and obedience to authority are the entire civilized world and all the goodies within it. Hospitals, electricity, cozy homes that stay cold in the summer and hot in the winter. Without the human tendency to group up and follow leaders nothing works and little gets done. Sometimes this habit goes wrong on us, and results in lynch mobs or Nazism. But overall it's still one of our greatest strengths as a species, and we need to be aware of its failure modes rather than rejecting the whole idea outright. Cooperation is one of the animal world's superpowers.
- knolax 7y agoChimpanzees also have community, order, and obedience. Where are their hospitals?
- paxys 7y agoEverything you mention can be born out of individualism, not just by blind conformity and having any fixed social structure.
- friendlybus 7y agoIndividualism is a spirit that infects us all. It is invested in heavily by the rich and is heralded from the most credible academics and political leaders as the correct way to be or live. Where is the line between the content of the idea individualism and the political reinforcement of the idea in the populace? It is apart of the fixed social structure already. Is being governed by a shared idea, not blind conformity in itself?
- pat87 7y agoEverything he mentioned is the result of many people working together. No hospital or electricity network were built by one person. Capitalism is a great way to have people work in collaboration while still being motivated by their own individual goals.
- honzzz 7y ago>>> Everything you mention can be born out of individualism, not just by blind conformity and having any fixed social structure. Can it really? I feel like this would require further discussion and is not as obvious as you seem to think.