Individualism Vs Collectivism

[Pa'li Makto]

I'm collectivist, I think that socially we are better off that way since instead of thinking about individual actions and the consequences such the viewpoint of "This will be bad for me if I do this." You can look at the consequences of your actions for the wider community and community mindness actually benefits everyone including yourself.

I was just reading an article about poverty and inequality in developed countries and the relationship between this and the neo liberal economic policies that the governments have brought in. The whole thing encourages and even expects competition instead of co operation and since there is the expectation that the individual should look after their own welfare. The poorer people aren't able to get themselves in a good enough state to look after themselves properly since they are muscled out of places for health care, education, adequate employment and housing in the public system ect and it's an endless cycle since the children of poor families get lower education and less opportunities and the governments are reducing public welfare programs and policies even more.

I agree that people should be rely on themselves to a degree but this shouldn't be at the extent that everyone fights each other over basic human needs. Poverty is a human construction, it shouldn't exist if we allocated our resources equally but everyone seems to be out for themselves now. >.<

[Advent]

Originally Posted by Pa'li Makto

I was just reading an article about poverty and inequality in developed countries and the relationship between this and the neo liberal economic policies that the governments have brought in. The whole thing encourages and even expects competition instead of co operation and since there is the expectation that the individual should look after their own welfare. The poorer people aren't able to get themselves in a good enough state to look after themselves properly since they are muscled out of places for health care, education, adequate employment and housing in the public system ect and it's an endless cycle since the children of poor families get lower education and less opportunities and the governments are reducing public welfare programs and policies even more...

..and the richer get richer and the poorer get poorer.