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I will not depress myself for the sake of society, I could care less And besides countries where there are still strong sentiments seem to be standing and sust

I will not depress myself for the sake of society, I could care less And besides countries where there are still strong sentiments seem to be standing and sustaining their population Latin America, Egypt, Sub saharan Africa, India etc.

gregjor 2y ago
If you think individual emotions and impulses don't get moderated to conform to societal norms in any of those places, you need to travel more. People expressing their emotions differently than what an American thinks of as the norm doesn't mean those people don't moderate their behavior. India, to use just one of your examples, has fairly rigid family and caste structures and social expectations that almost everyone has to conform to. You may say you don't care, but we all have to get along with other people by moderating our behavior to some degree. The alternative is ostracism, the classic punishment, or choosing to live in a cabin the woods and going slowly mad from loneliness.