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Ah so my family was collectivist as I just ate what my family served. I’ll be sure to tell my mother of her evil collectivist policies for giving me a peanut bu
by lovich 3y ago
Ah so my family was collectivist as I just ate what my family served. I’ll be sure to tell my mother of her evil collectivist policies for giving me a peanut butter sandwich for dinner when I was five instead of letting me self actualize and choose my own meals.
- kortilla 3y agoYou weren’t required to eat it. I’m not sure what is so difficult to grasp here.
- lovich 3y agoI was required by biology to eat and had no choice over the available food. The requirement for energy might be discountable as a fact of reality to just deal with, but my parents decided what food I got to eat. To be clear I don’t think this arrangement is a problem, and if you were describing this in academic terms I mig even agree with you and have been too harsh. Unfortunately the word “collectivism” is used as a perjorative dog whistle and so I was pointing out how common behaviors most people would think are fine or even ideal can be cast in a “collectivist” light to point out that it’s not bad. I’m assuming by the vote difference in our two comments that multiple people had the same assumption