> By what measure? Most of the world is African and Asian, and those cultures are not individualistic. They're certainly not at all anti-individualistic in the

> By what measure? Most of the world is African and Asian, and those cultures are not individualistic. They're certainly not at all anti-individualistic in the way Japan is. > The Japanese system produces tremendous benefits: an orderly society where everyone behaves according to rules. That's not something unique to Japan and the cost is too high. Japan also has numerous problems as a society. > Individualism just makes it harder to build a nice society in spite of them. That's honestly complete nonsense, as evidenced by every other nice society that isn't antagonistic towards individualism. > Most western countries aren't as individualistic as America. They're a hell of a lot closer to the US than Japan. > given that the world is becoming more religious It's really not. More and more people are questioning the faith they are born into and atheism is on the rise. > Christianity was the glue holding American society together, and now that's breaking down we are seeing the consequences. It's a fairy tale without evidence behind it, it would never survive long in an information age.