Guess what, "collectivism" isn't necessarily pejorative, and I don't use it that way. Communism wouldn't even be an inherently bad thing if it didn't rely on the refusal to coexist with individualists.
If everyone magically wanted to live in a worldwide communal existence, where we were all "one people", and lived our lives "for each other", that would be great. They call it Utopian thinking for a reason, you know... The problem is that it is counter to human nature, and reality won't ALLOW for it to actually naturally exist, and so therefore the collective inevitably has to reject the individual because it undermines the system.
But for people to willingly submit themselves to the power of the hierarchy? There is nothing inherently wrong with that. Jesus even says it is the proper mode of being, as long as the hierarchy is a moral one. The issue with collectivism only comes in when one identifies with the collective to the point where they wish violence upon any who exist outside of it. I hold no such belief about "Asians" in general. I think most people, throughout the world are fundamentally good people who want to live in peace with their neighbors and with the world at large. I was talking about a cognitive function, not something more sinister.
You want to point the finger and act as if I'm the small-minded one? That's a laugh.
Oh, and just to add onto this point:
Guess what, "collectivism" isn't necessarily pejorative, and I don't use it that way. Communism wouldn't even be an inherently bad thing if it didn't rely on the refusal to coexist with individualists.
If everyone magically wanted to live in a worldwide communal existence, where we were all "one people", and lived our lives "for each other", that would be great. They call it Utopian thinking for a reason, you know... The problem is that it is counter to human nature, and reality won't ALLOW for it to actually naturally exist, and so therefore the collective inevitably has to reject the individual because it undermines the system.
But for people to willingly submit themselves to the power of the hierarchy? There is nothing inherently wrong with that. Jesus even says it is the proper mode of being, as long as the hierarchy is a moral one. The issue with collectivism only comes in when one identifies with the collective to the point where they wish violence upon any who exist outside of it. I hold no such belief about "Asians" in general. I think most people, throughout the world are fundamentally good people who want to live in peace with their neighbors and with the world at large. I was talking about a cognitive function, not something more sinister.
You want to point the finger and act as if I'm the small-minded one? That's a laugh.