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yes yes yes
at the end of the day when everything falls apart, we only have ourselves, and we have to be able to do things for ourselves, lest we make the government God

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individualism creates people to bump heads when they work or interact with each other

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more ambitious that makes us crave bigger things and willingness to do what it takes to achieve those ideas however it can lead to abuse of power

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I agree do to the fact that when people ask for a favor most of the time they ask for something in return to support there self reliance.

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Absolutely agree especially the greater importance is beneficial to ones own self.

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This happens a lot in politics where people only care about gaining power for themselves leading to more corrupt governments.

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I agree with this comment because as people gain more and more power they won't want to stop and that causes them to abuse

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No, but there is a disconnect in wealth. While that's everywhere. It's our need to get an good paying job that subtly drives individualism

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This ties into the idealization of consumerism as a result of individualism. We don't know anything else besides buying and wanting more than we actually need

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Yes, this definitely connects to the ideas of how we run the economy and the debates over how taxes are used. It's important to recognize that most of the treaties or alliances or wars we have been in have been over things like land, oil, etc (and not freedom)

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I agree with this because many Americans goals in life is to be successful enough to be able to buy what they want.

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Although I agree with the other statements, I think this is a good way to view individualism. There's a fine line between being selfish and being independent, and this was a good perspective on that.

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I agree with this. Besides the "restrictions" on monopolies in the country, there is no real penalty for wanting to continue to grow in America, even when it seems like it is not the right thing to do. Those who are in a position of power will continue to expand their influences as much a humanly possible.

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I agree that a lot of times individualism leads to prioritizing materialistic stuff, we have seen this in multiple instances, especially because we tend to regard things as a competition and the "winner" is measured by money, clothes, houses, vacations etc

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I think that as Americans we focus more on materials things compared to other things we should value more.

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this definitely can be applied to the wealthy people. Only caring about their own self interests instead of using their money for good.

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Because individuals prioritize their ideas, rather than looking at the big picture.

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I agree with the first part not the second

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I agree with the first part not the second

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Yes, we tend to lean more towards self-reliance however, not all of us get to earn success as we come to roadblocks including reasons of citizenship and racial profiling.

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Yes which leads to much more disagreement between people from different cultures which are then driven apart further

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Again what most people think about is money and power, they don't care about the things they have to do to get it. (Which is quite useless because money and power mean nothing in the after life)

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I agree because your own hard work will set you up for success. If you want something in life you yourself can make it happen. You don't need help from other people; you just need to want it bad enough.

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I totally agree because when people are in power they abuse their power by using it towards only their benefit and not looking out for others.

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I feel as though its bad to assume that individualism will always lead to prioritizing materialistic things, I would argue it is all reliant on personal values and what people are achieving their certain goals for

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I agree, but I don't see how it is necessarily a bad thing.
we don't have to be unified with those who want harm for us
we don't have to be unified with those who hold abhorrent morals
we don't have to be unified with anyone. We can pick our alliances.

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When people are looking out fo their own interest and happiness, they are likely to butt heads with others on their way to achieve their personal goals. This drives a gap between others, less unified.

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Yes it's a lot of self- reliance, but a lot of blame as well. (Ex. Blaming poor people for being poor.) This idea of merit and hard work would only be valid if we had the appropriate climate and societal norms in which everyone could thrive.

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But it could be a good thing considering you want to better yourselves

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This seems to go with the people who has more power than other, who only cares about themselves and not others.

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And those who are in power pass it down to their children to be next in line for power so it's a constant cycle or corruption

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"Individualistic cultures place more importance on emotions, and emotions provide direct feedback about the fit between the one’s needs and goals"