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Name for me a single twentieth century cultural shift, in the "western world," that wasn't about the individual's triumph over the collective. I would say that
by philipkglass 3y ago
Name for me a single twentieth century cultural shift, in the "western world," that wasn't about the individual's triumph over the collective.
I would say that the environmental movement was/is about a recognition of collective responsibilities.
- bouncing 3y agoThat's totally a good point and I don't mean to say you haven't got me on that. The one thing I might point out, though, is that environmentalism wasn't a cultural shift, it was mostly just a response to a practical problem. You can certainly see other collective action problems that have gotten a government response. The movement to build nuclear weapons was a collective action, but it wasn't really a change in culture.