honestly i hope that after this pandemic is over (if that ever happens) we can start having more honest conversations about how not only is capitalism destroying the US from the inside out but also a major factor of why we in the united states are the way we are is due to the fierce individualism that our society lives off of. individualism is basically the social theory that says ālife is a competition you are completely on your own and winner gets allā mentality. itās this individualism that has told parents to kick their kids out at eighteen and tells millennials and gen z that we should be able to live independently but pay us little to no income. itās the same thing that allows sexism, homophobia, and systemic racism to still exist and thrive because if its not happening to YOU then who cares right? and its no wonder why our mental health is suffering. the individualistic ideals of our society not only separates us as a community but it also completely shuts off peopleās empathy for other human beings which is why we see people going to disney world with no mask during a pandemic and other people willfully ignoring how rampant police brutality is here while turning their noses up to the black lives matter movement. and in order to tackle these issues we need to really start moving away from these ideals once and for all
i also want to make it clear that iām not saying that we as americans are inherently selfish or bad. most of us are genuinely good people who DO care about others and want to change for the better. what iām saying is that we are a product of a society that has told us from the very beginning that itās ok to ignore the issues we have as long as they arenāt happening to us personally....while at the same time giving us the false narrative that we are the greatest and most āprogressiveā nation in the world despite clear evidence that we are actually struggling everywhere. our government has basically created a system that wants and allows us to tune out major issues in our society like capitalism/inequality/wealth gaps and instead feeds us lies like the āamerican dreamā and tell us that if we work hard enough we will achieve success (which is false because the 1% have the majority of the wealth). and this is why so many of us here are ignorant to the point of delusion when it comes to injustice and coming together as a community. we have never been told to come together as a community unless it is to 1) declare war on another nation or 2) come together to make the rich more money
also if yall want to reblog this post please reblog it with the addition above because iām already seeing e*ropeans reading the original post and thinking that they have free range to say things likeĀ āall americans are ignorant and selfish!!ā and generalizing everyone in the US into one category which was NOT what i was trying to convey or was the intention of this post
