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12/08/24
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Originally posted by pintohoo:
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IMO, we stopped evolving in a positive way once we left the hunter gatherer lifestyle ownership didn't appear to be much of an issue prior to agriculture - after it, the poop hit the fan with large organised warfare human cooperation worked well before hand - but after the cooperation was harnessed by greed - individuals protecting their property - wealth the whole way through - cooperation was the tool to progress - but, the cooperative characteristics of humans were used against them by individuals harnessing that cooperation that we know espouse individualism and independence to me - works against everything in human nature that is good. America is the standout cancer of it. Every person for themselves. they even invented terms for it - for the 'con' ------ one such is what's the 'angle' ----------- the 'angle' being that someone must have a self serving individual motive a totally different kind of societal flavour to many (not all) European societies - where people want to do things - so they can all have better lives and a better society America is a standout --------- Australia has the same dinner table values - we want the kids to be educated so they can get a better job - which means a bigger pay -which means they can get a bigger house so they can fill it with more useless crap - there is no thought to nation or society - same as America Humans progress via cooperation - be it good or bad humans CANNOT progress in any way shape or form with individualism it is against the very fabric of the species ------ we cannot survive alone. We worked it out way way way prior to the stone age. Lately, we've lost the lesson
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Consumerism has played a large part in creating too many pathways to gratification. Once the moral restraints were lifted by neo socialists in the 1970/80s the marketing focus shifted away from mass to niche, creating consumer groups which then morphed into cultural branching. The coincidence of the WWW and tech revolution has given every man and his dog a voice and a means to find like minded fellows who reinforce preferred narratives ... how can it wrong if others agree without preaching archaic ethics and morals spoiling the party.