Re:Shamelessness as a Strategy (2019)
by marcus_holmes on Thursday December 31, 2020 @07:44PM
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yeah, I agree with that. Duty was definitely something antithetical to individualism, although there was very much a "you must discover your duty yourself" vibe - it wasn't mandated by authority, but determined by the individual. But very much "how can I best serve society"
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I wonder if there has been a trend away from work that encourages collectivism, and if that is relevant here. In the 50s, for example, over 30% of workers in the US belonged to labor unions. Many, obviously, had also recently served in the military. The public sector had just been expanded radically by the New Deal.
I can imagine that having a tangible cultural impact, particularly around our sense of collective ownership and duty.