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Steve (no login)
Posted Nov 1, 2000 7:58 PM
The idea of individuality seems to be a facet of modern life. I can't think of another time in history where there has been such a fear to conform. I think that the traditional idea of society is based around just that - a society. A group of persons cannot exist if everyone is individualized. Thus, they need to share certain characteristics. The problem that seems to arise sometimes is that the wrong characteristics are used to develop a society. Does that make any sense? If personality traits were used to establish cultural guidelines, would there be as much conflict between subcultures? That definitly makes no sense, does it? It's hard to say how the world should be without being able to actually see it happen. For instance, Communism is a great idea, but doesn't quite cut it in reality.
-Steve
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