Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Why is it that we look at individual rights rather than corporate rights and responsibilities?

In our society, we look at individual rights because we
are an individualistic society.  The United States has never been particularly inclined
to see groups as groups rather than as multiple individuals (although we have looked at
racial minorities that way).


By contrast, other countries
like Mexico have been much more corporatist.  There, society is much more organized by
groups.  The ruling political party was long made up of groups representing various
parts of society (like unions).  By contrast, American political parties are made up of
individuals.


The only thing that I can attribute this to is
individualism.  The US has been built on the creed that people are responsible for
themselves as indivduals.  Therefore, we do not look at society in a corporatist way as
some other countries do.

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