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Eva Papp's avatar

I think the #2 spot is well served by an active authenticity, one where an individual discovers the value of things, in this case community, because it serves their own wellbeing, not because the idea is enforced from outside, or "inflamed" by some prevailing idea. We forgotten how to track the contours of our own inner landscapes, to discover what truly benefits and serves us, and so are easily controlled by external forces, or buffeted by the dramatic pronouncements of others instead of being guided by our own internal, self-actualizing, compass.

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Stephanie Pantera's avatar

Seems like some common sense would go a long way. We’ve never been a collectivist or even remotely top down society, we were founded by Protestants. That said, we had a functioning society until we started rejecting things that scientifically we know to be beneficial to society and individuals at the expense of people’s well being for “individualism.” Two parent families are coming to mind. Normalized Rampant divorce is coming to mind. All a sacrifice of children. A decades long push for urbanism. There are endless examples.

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