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So your argument is that the lack of government regulation is evidence of USA being collectivists? I'd say it proves the exact opposite Individualism leads to greater social stress, but also greater social dynamism I don’t think anyone thinks freedom is easy. Nietzsche's spiel about slave...

That's how it started. But that is not the heritage of most Australians who moved there.

Almost every new cultural and social phenomena that has shaped our world in the last 80 years or so, came from USA. That's not evidence of collectivism. People love slamming USA. Especially progressive Americans. But the evidence, just isn't there. Everybody in USA seems to feel empowered to...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism Netherlands had recently become independent from Spain and England had been wrecked by its civil war I think the general rule is in this period, state religion = collectivists. Any other faith = individualists Just the fact that you think you know...

Here's what I know about individualism. I think individualism was born in France in the Enlightenment. Before this all cultures were collectivist and had always been. Free market capitalism and individualism goes well together. Free market capitalism was adopted early by Netherland and Great...

Its always amused me how slowly cultures change. Scandinavia is full of cultural quirks, I am sure served us well, when we had to get along in a viking ship and divide the spoils without making enemies... but which now aren't particularly functional. Viking age Scandinavia was characterised by...

Annas archive and Z-library are awesome for books. But not audiobooks. Which is what I am looking for

Unfortunately I am Swedish and live in Denmark. You have to be Danish to use Danish libraries. Its an annoying feature of life here and the EU

Audible still has their bizarre subscription model. But I agree their prices are reasonable now

I have been out of the illegal download loop so long I no longer know what all the cool kids use What's best for audiobooks? I used to use thepiratebay and Demonoid. But those both seem dead What's hot now?

What really blew my mind was learning that Asimov was an autist and his robots are actually him describing himself. That's also why every single character in his books seems autistic. Because they are. And therefore relatable to kids and teenagers who also think the adult world is weird and...

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The biggest problem with understanding Biblical morality is that the Bible writers weren’t individualists. They were collectivists. Guilt and praise is shared with a tribe or family. The concept of that you personally got the praise or blame for your actions just wasn't how they thought back...

That's just delusional. Stop swall The fact that Netanyahu at all allowed the 7/10 attacks to happen is the main reason they hate him. His strong response in Gaza is an attempt to make up for his fuckup. The Israeli people are not buying it. So it's a bit more complicated than that the...

Except that this has been tried and didn't work out. The Palestinians seem hellbent on Jewish destruction Jews don’t like to explode. So this one is out. The Palestinians just need to be controlled. Its for the best, for both parties. Until we figure out how to talk the Palestinians in...

Since Hamas aren't likely to release the hostages, this resolution is worthless. This resolution is basically a free pass for Hamas to continue their rediculous victimhood narrative. So why wouldn't they. Nobody on the left in the west seems to reflect on the barbarity of that Hamas has still...

French troops are already in Ukraine. They do behind the front duties. Ie not combat roles. This is extremely valuable for Ukraine since it allows them to move their behind the front troops, to the front.

You are describing a world that died between 1945 and 1970. The age of empire is over. USSR was created by what was left of Russia after WWI. Imperial Russia was a multi-ethnic empire. After WWI the global trend was "the right of self rule". Stalin (the the rest of the communist leaders)...

I didn't say that. You're the one adding details in order to create a straw man. What I said is that things can be taken out of context. Who the fuck knows are really happening in those videos.

Sure. This is how politics work. The intransigence of the Palestinians and other Muslim neighbors, as well as the total antisemitic racism among the western "progressive" left is pushing the entire nation toward right wing nationalism. This has been a trend the last 15 years. Incidentaly, the...