Collectivism is strange to me, in that an individual human is reduced to a hive mind automaton, like an ant. I wonder if the advent of certain technologies and

Collectivism is strange to me, in that an individual human is reduced to a hive mind automaton, like an ant. I wonder if the advent of certain technologies and religions enabled this type of thinking. It would have to be radical, to completely give up your instincts for self-preservation for the good of the group. I have read that in Japan specifically, this is due to natural disasters where the individual must follow the group without question, or the whole group will be in mortal danger.