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| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
I almost wonder if it was sustained economic and political conditions that caused such a cultural gulf. Because it's true- in most every corner of the world, people will live with their parents well into adulthood, and it's generally free from the same stigma people in the US place on it. But in its halcyon century (now well past), the US experienced a grand shift from factory and industry to clerical, financial labour with leisurely incentive. There were jobs, homes were affordable, family was encouraged as an atomic opportunity to thrive in a cellular manner. Well, that's gone, and the incidence of people living with their parents has seen a sharp rise in just the last decade- the burgeoning uncertainty is creating a trend that I think is going to continually reunite people within their tribes. I don't know if it's good or bad, it's just a thing. |
I have to imagine that collectivism is more conducive to the survival of a society, something that this atomic reunification certainly lends itself to. Whether or not you feel this is a good thing just depends upon how you feel about 'traditionally collective' vs. 'progressively individualistic' societies in the first place (assuming that's a fairly dichotomous distinction to make AND HI HAL!)
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