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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by mastermind@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Clipper152@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Individualism.

[–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought individualism and collectivism were more like cultural traits than a specific thing you could call a scam.

[–] Moghul@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

No only that, but it's entirely possible to be an individual who can participate successfully in a collective. They're not mutually exclusive or contradictory things. You can have goals and aspirations that focus exclusively on you without negatively affecting your contributions and interactions within a group. Life is nuanced, things aren't as black and white as people often seem to think.