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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. AFL-CIO https:
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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.
AFL-CIO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_unions_in_the_United_States#/media/File:United_States_union_membership_and_inequality,_top_1%25_income_share,_1910_to_2010.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_unions_in_the_United_Sta...
Civil Rights Movement
Solidarność (if you're willing to count Poland as west, that is)
Copyleft
- bouncing 3y agoWell, the civil rights movements is about as individual as it gets. In the past, collectively, groups had responsibilities. Women had a duty to society to raise children and blacks had a duty to not rock the boat. The civil rights movement bucked the collective authority and emphasizes the individual right to autonomy and dignity. You probably have a point about labor unions. Though, it's worth pointing out, that their triumph was more weak the more west you were. The labor movement in China and Russia produced communism; the labor movement in the United States produced, well, the ability to form in general. Anti-communist movements in Poland I would also be inclined to chalk up to individualism. They were individuals fighting authority.