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Re:Sales of electric cars up by 43% in 2020 by liotier on Monday January 25, 2021 @08:39AM (#25902958)
> rampant individualism also makes society weaker. It reduces a societies ability to collaborate.

Let's not mistake diversity for individualism. We can be diverse, yet share overarching ideals - such as living together peacefully and in solidarity.

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Re:Sales of electric cars up by 43% in 2020 by nicoburns on Monday January 25, 2021 @08:54AM (#25903086)
> We can be diverse, yet share overarching ideals - such as living together peacefully and in solidarity.

We can, but increasingly I see people arguing that we should forgoe those and determine our actions in society based on our own individual interest and market mechanisms.

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Re:Sales of electric cars up by 43% in 2020 by bluGill on Monday January 25, 2021 @11:03AM (#25904725)
Increasingly I see people argue we should take up a socialist society.

Not hard to see why a raise in either of the above would result in the other side getting even more extreme in reaction.

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Re:Sales of electric cars up by 43% in 2020 by nicoburns on Monday January 25, 2021 @12:02PM (#25905634)
I feel like capitalism vs. socialism is a false dichotomy. We could and should have a society with somewhat equitable outcomes that nevertheless uses market mechanisms to achieve that. It's this cold war attitude of us vs. them which is the problem.
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