The May 2021 American Perspectives Survey finds that Americans report having fewer close friendships than they once did, talking to their friends less often, and relying less on their friends for personal support.
Based on the rest of these comments part of your problem here seems to be your wording is very specifically aggressive to, and generalizing of, people. It is putting the blame on the individuals and not the system that has created the culture. Sure, there are a good number of people that are assholes by their own but there are many that are simply victims of the system. It is not all the people’s faults the societal structure imposed upon them by the capitalists has led them to be this way.
Yes, the culture of America leads to people becoming “individualistic assholes” but I believe it is the fault of the shitty Capitalist system and not the individuals. For instance If you were to instead have said:
" Cause shitty Capitalists have driven American culture to turn people into individualist assholes that have no idea how to care about anyone else."
I feel that would have been a more accurate way to describe the situation because I would agree that many people are this way however many more, I would argue, are capable of kindness and generosity if shown there is a better way “to be.”
This might be off topic, and I don’t mean to be that American that wants to victimize themselves, but it really sucks talking to some communists and they talk a ton of shit about us ML-Americans. Like why the hell does me being an American give them the right to shit on me? In fact, I’m an African American, but that’s just some random fact. I know the bullshit in capitalism, I know the bullshit system, I know the reason why the bad Americans are the way they are IS because of the system. And I think that an American breaking out of the system and becoming an ML is pretty great. Yeah there are some ML Americans that say reactionary shit, but it should be easy to distinguish them from unproblematic ML Americans. But oh, to some communists even communist Americans are shit. It’s like some superiority complex they have.
Sorry I had to rant :( I’m not trying to generalize. I’m only applying this to those who say terrible shit about ML Americans. Like yeah I understand feeling a type of way because ML-Americans live in one of the most imperialist countries in the world, but hey, I’m not the one bombing a 3rd world country, and I’m not the one ignoring it and justifying it. Yeah I suck at geography, and yeah I say dumb shit sometimes, but that’s the time to teach or correct me instead of insulting me. I always try to avoid the “communists” that argue in bad faith and insult others based on where they’re from. It’s seriously annoying.
I understand that. I am an American as well. It does bother me sometimes. In general though I know when most MLs removed about “western leftists” they aren’t talking about the MLs they are talking about the soc Dems and anarkiddies and such that are still doing shit like supporting western imperialism and shit. Or like the hardcore “MLs” that are so obsessed with theory they loose track of material conditions and go on removed about how “China isn’t socialist enough” etc. Idk how to fully describe it rly but I do agree there are definitely better ways/terms to use to describe these ppl.
Based on the rest of these comments part of your problem here seems to be your wording is very specifically aggressive to, and generalizing of, people. It is putting the blame on the individuals and not the system that has created the culture. Sure, there are a good number of people that are assholes by their own but there are many that are simply victims of the system. It is not all the people’s faults the societal structure imposed upon them by the capitalists has led them to be this way.
Yes, the culture of America leads to people becoming “individualistic assholes” but I believe it is the fault of the shitty Capitalist system and not the individuals. For instance If you were to instead have said:
" Cause shitty Capitalists have driven American culture to turn people into individualist assholes that have no idea how to care about anyone else."
I feel that would have been a more accurate way to describe the situation because I would agree that many people are this way however many more, I would argue, are capable of kindness and generosity if shown there is a better way “to be.”
This might be off topic, and I don’t mean to be that American that wants to victimize themselves, but it really sucks talking to some communists and they talk a ton of shit about us ML-Americans. Like why the hell does me being an American give them the right to shit on me? In fact, I’m an African American, but that’s just some random fact. I know the bullshit in capitalism, I know the bullshit system, I know the reason why the bad Americans are the way they are IS because of the system. And I think that an American breaking out of the system and becoming an ML is pretty great. Yeah there are some ML Americans that say reactionary shit, but it should be easy to distinguish them from unproblematic ML Americans. But oh, to some communists even communist Americans are shit. It’s like some superiority complex they have.
Sorry I had to rant :( I’m not trying to generalize. I’m only applying this to those who say terrible shit about ML Americans. Like yeah I understand feeling a type of way because ML-Americans live in one of the most imperialist countries in the world, but hey, I’m not the one bombing a 3rd world country, and I’m not the one ignoring it and justifying it. Yeah I suck at geography, and yeah I say dumb shit sometimes, but that’s the time to teach or correct me instead of insulting me. I always try to avoid the “communists” that argue in bad faith and insult others based on where they’re from. It’s seriously annoying.
I understand that. I am an American as well. It does bother me sometimes. In general though I know when most MLs removed about “western leftists” they aren’t talking about the MLs they are talking about the soc Dems and anarkiddies and such that are still doing shit like supporting western imperialism and shit. Or like the hardcore “MLs” that are so obsessed with theory they loose track of material conditions and go on removed about how “China isn’t socialist enough” etc. Idk how to fully describe it rly but I do agree there are definitely better ways/terms to use to describe these ppl.
Preach comrade.