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Calling this a "culture differences" is quite the understatement, unless you include politics, access to healthcare and other things under "culture". I do agree

Calling this a "culture differences" is quite the understatement, unless you include politics, access to healthcare and other things under "culture". I do agree that there is definitly a cultural component to this too however.

colinmhayes 6y ago
I absolutely consider those things culture. The American culture of individualism is the cause of them.
- Grimm1 6y ago
  I hard disagree with you. Individualism is not the root of our failing infrastructure.
  - Teever 6y ago
    I think that the hyper-individualism that has been cultivated in certain segments of the American population for partisan political purposes is ultimately the greatest threat that American society faces. It corrodes all aspects of society when a sizable population will place themselves above all else. The ironic part is that except for a thin slice of the wealthy it doesn't even benefit the people who espouse it the most.
    - Grimm1 6y ago
      Individualism != selfish and ignorant. I'm highly individualist. I stay inside, wear a mask everywhere I go and listed to experts like Dr.Fauci on the subject of Covid. That's just one example. There's a large amount of the population that lack empathy and are willfully ignorant. Individualism may be the cover word but what you actually mean is "hyper ignorance and selfishness"
      - colinmhayes 6y ago
        As A. Savage says, collectivism and autonomy are not mutually exclusive. I'm not sure most Americans know that though. If Americans self identify as individualists and believe that means being anti-collectivism then isn't individualism, or at least the ideas of individualist thinkers, partly to blame for our cultural bias against collectivism? Maybe I should've said it's America's culture of toxic individualism rather than run of the mill individualism.
      - hungryforcodes 6y ago
        But that definitely describes hyper individualism in America.
bluedino 6y ago
Not all of the problems with public transit are caused by the mentally ill. It's a very small amount.

colinmhayes 6y ago

I absolutely consider those things culture. The American culture of individualism is the cause of them.

Grimm1 6y ago
I hard disagree with you. Individualism is not the root of our failing infrastructure.
- Teever 6y ago
  I think that the hyper-individualism that has been cultivated in certain segments of the American population for partisan political purposes is ultimately the greatest threat that American society faces. It corrodes all aspects of society when a sizable population will place themselves above all else. The ironic part is that except for a thin slice of the wealthy it doesn't even benefit the people who espouse it the most.
  - Grimm1 6y ago
    Individualism != selfish and ignorant. I'm highly individualist. I stay inside, wear a mask everywhere I go and listed to experts like Dr.Fauci on the subject of Covid. That's just one example. There's a large amount of the population that lack empathy and are willfully ignorant. Individualism may be the cover word but what you actually mean is "hyper ignorance and selfishness"
    - colinmhayes 6y ago
      As A. Savage says, collectivism and autonomy are not mutually exclusive. I'm not sure most Americans know that though. If Americans self identify as individualists and believe that means being anti-collectivism then isn't individualism, or at least the ideas of individualist thinkers, partly to blame for our cultural bias against collectivism? Maybe I should've said it's America's culture of toxic individualism rather than run of the mill individualism.
    - hungryforcodes 6y ago
      But that definitely describes hyper individualism in America.

bluedino 6y ago

Not all of the problems with public transit are caused by the mentally ill. It's a very small amount.