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Originally Posted by Vexx
That really isn't what I'd call "social cooperation" - freeloading is a problem no matter what form of society exists. But a balance between collectivism and individualism should be a goal -- as we see the downsides of hyper-individualism in the US, we also see the downsides of hyper-collectivism in, say, Japan or wherever.
It just so happen in the US, I'm inundated by faux hyper-individualism. Basically inverted freeloading of people who benefit from community and infrastructure but don't want to pay for it. They pretend they're islands of rugged individualists, when actually they could not have made it without the community and even more psychotically, they want everyone to culturally lockstep with them  |
I agree. Though it seems that we also have faux hyper-collectivism where everybody is pretending to contribute their most and the results are is the best they can get.
At least they named themselves with the right word : optimists. Do the minimum and hope for the best.
