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To: neolib who wrote (520460)	11/7/2012 9:06:23 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793590

But the question is whether there is a level of social connection above what we have that will out compete us. China is based on Confucius. No system can out compete or provide a better quality of life than individualism. Just look around the world and it's obvious.

To: neolib who wrote (520460)	11/7/2012 9:07:43 PM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793590

I think we (many Americans) have an almost genetic trait of individualism Could be. After all, Americans come from self selected groups of people who had the nerve, at some point, to leave their homes and to go overseas to look for better lives. So it could be that societies which figure out how to leverage more collective behavior can out compete societies which elevate individual freedoms. Leveraging collective behavior will also leverage the errors of those who do the leveraging. If a corporation makes a wrong decision, there are many other corporations willing to pick up the pieces. But if an entire nation wonders off in the wrong direction, that's a much bigger problem. One of the many problems with Socialism.