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US is a low trust society because of a culture that reveres individualism and independence to the detriment of everything else, especially community and freedom
by HDThoreaun 4y ago
US is a low trust society because of a culture that reveres individualism and independence to the detriment of everything else, especially community and freedom from being abused in favor of freedom to abuse. Every man for themselves means kids need to constantly be supervised.
- hn_version_0023 4y agoThat culture is created by a media environment manufactured by companies whose employee base are well represented on this site. This line is pushed on us, ad nauseam. Unsurprisingly, most of us are sick from it.
- valleyer 4y agoAn alternative view is that our individualistic culture is simply an evolution of the American idea of "rugged individualism" -- an idea which somewhat predates the tech industry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugged_individualism#Influence_on_contemporary_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugged_individualism#Influence...
- jdminhbg 4y ago> That culture is created by a media environment manufactured by companies whose employee base are well represented on this site. Are you saying then that "that culture" is a decade old?
- MockObject 4y agoWe were a more philosophically individualistic society in previous generations, during which children played freely in cities and suburbs.