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Originally Posted by Eric Roosevelt  It seems like freeing oneself from authorities feels like a very natural goal for most people. Very few people like to be dominated. |
I think it all depends on your culture & beliefs. Americans are big on self-freedom and a sense of self determination. We only want to work for ourselves and if we give up too much of 'self' we start resisting.
Contrast that to say for example the Amish, a religious subculture who have settlements in the US. They work for what's best for their immediate family, extended family, and small community. They don't work for hourly wages. The work to put food on the tables so their loved ones can eat. Everyone cooperates. Fame, excessive attention, or vanity are frowned upon. Kids, family, neighbors, and their faith are what they work for.
So I believe people can work with others and work hard, if they're raised to believe it's for an important greater good. Americans for the most part have lost that greater-good feeling, and now everything is me-me-me. It's all about greed, climbing the ladder, power, and prestige. The thing most of them haven't figured out is that greed is a big hamster exercise wheel : the more you work, the faster you have to go to keep up. Greedy people can never be satisfied with enough. If anything it's greed not corporations that keep us slaves. We create our own prisons and limit ourselves.