In that case wouldn't you see this stuff in Japan and China?
edit: it almost seems to speak to a LOSS of collectivism in the US, when people lived in small communities that all shared the same values
edit: it almost seems to speak to a LOSS of collectivism in the US, when people lived in small communities that all shared the same values
Collectivism is the philosophy that a central set of practices and behaviors be enforced across a group, placing the group's will (often via force-backed punishment) over individual beliefs and choices. That's quite a bit different that a close-knit community that features voluntary interaction for mutual benefit.
The latter form of true community is great, but in the US we're gravitating more and more toward forcing views about safety, security, and social behavior on others through criminalization of once ordinary personal choices.