cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2409929
Everytime I here individualism brought up by someone from Hexbear or Lemmygrad, it gets talked about as if it’s categorically bad and wrong. Why is that?
This goes against everything I’ve learned in the states, where we consider individualism a necessary part of being a responsible and moral person, whereas collectivism strips us of our humanity and turns us into subhuman insectoid creatures incapable of thought.
Individualism leads to people working against others with the same interests (crabs in a bucket). Individualism causes people to do adventurism or act like it’s them against the world rather than working with others. Individualism encourages people to be the “masters of their own time” leading them to self exploit (increase productivity) and justifying misaligned schedules that directly correlate to less happiness. Individualism flatters the ego leading people to do things for their own prestige rather than in the collective interest and self criticizing.