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AsparagusFirm7764 t1_ix05afs wrote

Reply to comment by Reeetman1 in Chicago Alderman who said he wants fewer cops in his ward is now asking people to PLEASE stop shooting each other for 48 hours by CookieMasochist

this is true. For being a country that claims to be as patriotic as America does, it's probably one of the least patriotic countries in the world. There's very little support for the country, and a LOT of support for individuality. And when you encourage the individual instead of the population you run into a lot of problems.

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Playful_Melody t1_ix4o6i2 wrote

Would it relate to the country’s cultural belief in individualism? For example, in more collectivistic counties like Japan, there is actually very little looting after natural disasters, whereas it seems very high in countries like the states. To me it feels like the desire of self is excessive to the point of selfishness rather than self-reliance

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AsparagusFirm7764 t1_ix67hvn wrote

Oh entirely. It's not a country of people wanting to work together to be better, it's a country of people that care about themselves only, and not at all interested in sharing.

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Reeetman1 t1_ix09sun wrote

It's not even the individual. Well 7nless that individual has millions of dollars in the bank.
We support business and exploitation of the workers for the gain of the wealthy.
We are an oppressive feudal society. We would be an oppressive feudal society even without guns.

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AsparagusFirm7764 t1_ix0cpd7 wrote

By individual, I mean individual entity within the country; as opposed to supporting what's best for everyone, the mentality is focused on what I as an individual want. Granted that mentality doesn't always work out well for people that don't have a voice.

America could really benefit from socialism.

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Reeetman1 t1_ix0etds wrote

I knew what you meant. I disagree with your details but fully agree with your final conclusion.

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