The whole idea of American "rugged individualism" destroyed what communities of humans traditionally are - social creatures who thrive off of collaboration and mutual support.
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And cars, and how cars were sold to the boomer as the ultimate way to freedom as it ultimately stuck them in a cage on a highway getting angry at everyone except their bosses while the rich littered society with debt traps
I'm fascinated by how this has affected modern fantasy stories. We often see depictions of medieval worlds as farmers living on separated homesteads, e.g. Wheel of time, not as the close-knit communities they were. E.g. People using the bakers oven for personal use.
I feel it’s part of the normalization and traditionalization of modern ways of life. If you belive it’s been this way forever there is little reason to question things however if you know that unclear families are within the last 100 years you may question the efficacy versus the old way.
A tradition I like to point out is relatively recent in the grand scheme of humanity is monogamy It appears to have been normalized around 1000 years ago in Rome yet conservatives act as if it’s always been this way. That’s why learning real history is important. Truth over tradition.
There’s an old law from the 1800 in the state of Oklahoma I believe it is that prohibits walking in front of a horse with an ice cream cone in your back pocket. I can only imagine this was a technique used by horse thieves. On the surface the law seems silly but knowing horses it makes sense.
Yes exactly. I have been a critic of rugged individualism for quite some time. It isolates us from our community and creates space for our manipulation by the media and elites.
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But that idea came long before the boomer. People like Ford and Porche were pushing even older generations toward a car-centric culture.
Ford's mass production of the model-T made car ownership economically viable for lots of Americans.
Boomers were indoctrinated as kids.
What often bothers me about Conservative dialogue is that is is conservatism towards an idea that is relatively new.
How long have Christmas trees actually been around?
In Sweden, Lucia is a huge thing in December. But we started the tradition around the 1920s.
If a society has a lot of laws and morals about specific behaviors, it's a sign of what people were doing back then.
E.g. Laws around sawdust in bread arose because deceptive bakers were doing just that.