• Lyrata@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    Definitely not the Netherlands, we’ve got a terrible case of American-style individualist brain-rot

    Union membership rates in the Netherlands are like 10% only. Ever since the end of ‘Pillarisation’ we’ve been mostly individualist. The only real exceptions are religious communities and local sports clubs.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillarisation

    We’ll need a massive cultural change first to make people care about their fellow citizens again. We’re too alienated.

    I think Denmark has a much better chance, because their society favours collectivism a lot more. But then again Danish society has its own issues of course

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      1 year ago

      I didn’t think Dutch individualism would be this much visible when I went there, I still think they do a lot of great things (especially in transportation or in urbanism) but yeah, I didn’t like the vibe at all.