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Originally Posted by Lune
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Consider the fact that more egalitarian, more collectivist cultures with a strong safety net (Germany, Japan, Denmark, Australia, Netherlands, etc) perform better in nearly every metric for human quality of life than the more individualistic, sink-or-swim United States.
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More importantly, these countries are ethnically homogeneous. We're talking 80-90% majority ethnicity, except Australia, which is still 90% white but with different ethnicities, English, Irish, Scottish, etc. That homogeneity means a great deal when it comes to building a high trust nation. Compare that to US's slightly above half white demographic.
Calling Japan's culture egalitarian is a stretch. I'm not sure about the Netherland's culture wrt egalitarianism.