TinaThePersonOne thing I learned moving from Nebraska to British Columbia and back is that Americans have a toxic commitment to suffering called "individualism." This belief that we should suffer always and we should ask for or receive help from no one. It's a cut your nose to spite your face mentality that is really astounding. Life in Canada was so damn easy by comparison and I wish more Americans, Nebraskans especially, understood how much better and easier their lives COULD AND SHOULD be.
Kevin Lacquement@TinaThePerson a lot of Canadians suffer from the same individualism. It took me years to be able to accept help when offered, and it still hurts to ask for help when needed.
anubis2814@TinaThePerson This focus on atomized individuality has become a surprise focus on my channel as I've delved into leftism. The idea of actually community is so foreign to me its actually a bit scary mostly because people in the communities I was raised in also didn't understand what community actually was. youtu.be/bK5cRaFWpAo
Many of Us are Too Traumatized by “Community” to Engage, Which is a Real Psychological Need
@TinaThePerson Even American internet anarchists think they get community but they are still neo-liberal without realizing it, because actual community has become a completely foreign concept. Interesting view of "suffering" as synonymous with individualism. Rousseau would probably completely agree. A thing I'm studying now as someone on the spectrum who also has only experienced broken "community". Someday I might be able to be part of that. youtu.be/bmW9XX5XELY
Thanks to Neoliberalism, Many Internet Anarchists Would be Terrible in an Anarchist Society
Stephen B@TinaThePerson It's even more frustrating that so much of Canada is being tainted by that same set of "values" imported from the US. BC has a pretty committed progressive culture, but much of the rest of the country (especially Alberta) is suffering from increasing "individualism" that's threatening so much of what differentiates the two countries.
ProtectiveHen@TinaThePerson Wow. Got a glimpse of something just barely that sounds amazing.