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In many societies, there is a growing emphasis on individualism, with people prioritizing their personal goals and desires over collective interests. Is this is a positive or negative development?

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Nowadays, in many societies, there is a growing emphasis on individualism, which means that humans
prioritize
 their personal
goals
 and
desires
 over collective
interests
, and
this
 has both positive and negative development. On the one hand, one of the negative effects that prioritizing personal
goals
 and
desires
 over collective
interests
 can have is the absence of teamwork. Needless to say,
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teamwork involves individuals working together,
consequently
, if the vast majority of human beings
prioritize
 their personal
goals
 and dreams over collective
interests
 they will not be able to work together.
For instance
, 2 years ago I had an assignment and I had to do that with my classmates, almost all of them used to
prioritize
 their personal
desires
,
hence
, we could not work together and we failed.
On the other hand
, prioritizing personal
goals
 and
desires
 does not only have disadvantages, it has several benefits. It is common knowledge that decades ago millions of
people
 who used to live in
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 did not have an opportunity to have
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freedom. They were unable to do what they desired,
however
, now fortunately all
people
 have that right. All
people
 are free to do what we want and we can
prioritize
 our
goals
 and
desires
. Prioritizing personal
goals
 and
desires
 provides
people
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a
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freedom. In conclusion, nowadays, there is a growing emphasis on individualism which means many
people
prioritize
 their personal
goals
 and
desires
 over collective
interests
, prioritizing personal
goals
 and
desires
 over collective
interests
 has both positive and negative development.
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