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Well ain't that the biggest false dichotomy I've seen all year!

Either:

a.) You're an individualist and you value "privacy, ownership, sovereignty, expression, and choice."

or

b.) You're not an individualist and you value "transparency, sharing, global citizenship, and wisdom."

Nope. No overlap here. No sir! I'm proceeding to read the WaPo article in hopes that there is actually some substance to this matter.



My favorite thing about "individualism versus collectivism" dichotomies is their utter failure to take into account how the ostensible "individualists" act when placed among a social group to which they actually feel the slightest tinge of loyalty or belonging.

Everyone is a collectivist for the groups they like, and an individualist for the ones they don't. These are not really deep personality features or full-scale philosophies at all.




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