can't find a certain post/thread, help appreciated!

[Hildegarda]

In one of the forum threads, there was a post with an extensive quote about individual(ist) vs. clan-based societies.

The gist of it was that a society based on individual relationships has higher tolerance for interaction and cohabitation with non-related people. It is also more conducive to striving for objective/common standards. On the contrary, in a clan-based society there is a strong preference for interaction with relatives or clan-members. As a result, a person would rather be loyal to the clan than accept that a stranger is right about something, and the clan is wrong.

I think it was Laura's post. I have made a note of it to myself on January 4. So it must have been posted around early January 2010 or December 2009, or perhaps a bit earlier.

I wanted to reread it and searched this way and that, but wasn't able to pick it up. By chance, does anyone remember a post like this, or am I confused and it never existed?

Any help appreciated -- thank you!

 

[Laurentien2]

In one of the forum threads, there was a post with an extensive quote about individual(ist) vs. clan-based societies.

The gist of it was that a society based on individual relationships has higher tolerance for interaction and cohabitation with non-related people. It is also more conducive to striving for objective/common standards. On the contrary, in a clan-based society there is a strong preference for interaction with relatives or clan-members. As a result, a person would rather be loyal to the clan than accept that a stranger is right about something, and the clan is wrong.

I think it was Laura's post. I have made a note of it to myself on January 4. So it must have been posted around early January 2010 or December 2009, or perhaps a bit earlier.

I wanted to reread it and searched this way and that, but wasn't able to pick it up. By chance, does anyone remember a post like this, or am I confused and it never existed?

Any help appreciated -- thank you!

I remember it hildegarda but don't remember where it was posted. It wasn't that long ago I think, will sleep on it tonight as it is late maybe i will remember in the morning.

 

[shijing]

This sounds a lot like some discussion that happened on the 'Creating a New World' thread -- I'm not sure where, but it rings a bell.

 

[Buddy]

[quote author=Shijing]
This sounds a lot like some discussion that happened on the 'Creating a New World' thread -- I'm not sure where, but it rings a bell.[/quote]

That's what I was thinking, too. Also, Bear has a couple of quotes from 'JFK' by Prouty that sounds similar.

 

[Hildegarda]

thank you very much for the ideas! I will keep looking and hope to eventually find it.