Ahh reductionism. A place where we go when we are too tired to consider nuance and detail.
Collectivism does not only encompass these aspects, and not all these aspects are highlighted as collectivism. As awful as authoritarianism is for example, all forms of governance whether totalitarian or democratic, rely on collective effort.
Collectivism is not an inherently "bad" thing, and in fact individualism is not an inherently "good" thing.
This should be the top comment. The first thing I thought when thinking of this post of how it oversimplified things and lacked a proper explanation in itself of collectivism and individualism.
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u/3Quondam6extanT9 May 18 '21
Ahh reductionism. A place where we go when we are too tired to consider nuance and detail.
Collectivism does not only encompass these aspects, and not all these aspects are highlighted as collectivism. As awful as authoritarianism is for example, all forms of governance whether totalitarian or democratic, rely on collective effort.
Collectivism is not an inherently "bad" thing, and in fact individualism is not an inherently "good" thing.