
Lilac Husbandry
The Blindboy Podcast
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Are Certain Cultures Individualistic or Collectivistic?
Western culture tends to be individualistic. Eastern culture are collectivistic. Like individualism, that tends to veer towards capitalism. But in eastern cultures, china is an example,. japan is an example, corea collectivism tends to be people. They tend tobe in a way which benefits the community rather than themselves. So one theory as to why are certain cultures individualistic, and whyare other cultures collectivistic? It comes down to whether they grow rice as a staple crop, or whether they grow wheat or barley or oats as a staple crops. In western cultures where they existed on things like wheat, wheat doesn't require a community effort. You can grow your
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