I posted this in the Alternative Intel thread but for better or worse, I was seriously triggered by a couple postings in there so instead of just referencing what I replied with, I'm copying it here. So sue me.
This is just one person's response to this. Think "debate," not "attack."
When I see "we" over "I," I look at how that manifests in the real world. Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and countless others like them took control and subdued the people on the song of "we over I." Or "there is no I in TEAM." It is the strongest, most glaring common thread in history bonding every oppressed people, bar none.
Where "we over I" manifests, people are left deprived. They keep looking to the horizon for that grand reward and it never comes because the people at the top have taken everything. And they're not giving it back.
Forget idealism. FORGET IDEALS. Look at real life.
When "I" have more, I am more generous. Are employees getting $1k and higher bonuses left and right because of the tax cuts? Are wages rising in a surge? Is unemployment hitting record lows?
When "we over I" manifests, it leaves YOU deprived and needing completion from somebody else - who is also deprived, needing completion from somebody else.
I cannot stress it enough, not ever: "the good of the many" is the most destructive myth that ever found its way into the collective consciousness. Think "chain." Each link must be individually strong. I over we. The chain as a unit has no choice but to be equally strong.
Be who you are. Do what you do. STOP letting outside detractors tell you that you must apply forced behavior modification and override your natural self for some collective that, as a whole, doesn't give a flying fuck if you live or die. [continued]