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Topic: Does American culture overemphasize individualism?
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hiddenexit77
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Message 1 of 8 (18643)
09-30-2002 8:30 PM
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Discuss.
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hiddenexit77
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Message 3 of 8 (18656)
09-30-2002 10:22 PM
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Well the whole thing seems like a contradiction: how does one go about being an individual and independent, by someone else's command? The phrase "Be yourself" and variations upon it are still very common - even in a Dr. Pepper ad of all places. So everyone in the country is trying to be an individual because they think it's what they're supposed to do...it's what they're told to do. Hmm. By the way, I am not a communist. I just find the situation humorous.
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hiddenexit77
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Message 5 of 8 (18778)
10-01-2002 11:29 PM
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That's exactly my point...if we are already individuals, which i believe we are, then why do we need people commanding us to be ourselves? You can't force the spontaneous. It has become more limiting than liberating...we constantly worry about whether or not we are being ourselves, and suppress natural urges to conform.
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hiddenexit77
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Message 8 of 8 (19157)
10-06-2002 3:30 AM
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what does this have to do with the topic at hand?
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