Cultural Perspective

Cultural Perspective

Hyper Individualism Is Splitting America

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Way Yuhl
Oct 01, 2025
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A simple but powerful question Americans need to answer is: Is America about me, or about us?

Geert Hofstede, the cultural theorist, called this clash Individualism vs. Collectivism. It is one of the most studied cultural dimensions in the world, and half of America sits at the extreme end of individualism; the other half is more collectivist.

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