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This morning I was challenging in my mind Stefan's definition of culture, which is to have a group of people that have the same definition of what is right and what is wrong. For example, in my culture, the waste majority of people agree that it is wrong for an adult to marry a 8 yo child, yet in Asia, in countries like India and many Muslims country, it is not considered wrong. I was trying to make a parallel between this definition of what culture is and the dichotomy between collectivist culture and individualistic culture. I came to the conclusion (and I know that many people will challenge this affirmation) that individualist culture do positive reinforcements and collectivist culture do negative reinforcements. Lets try a few examples. Where I live, it is good to like poutine, it is good to like traditional music, it is good to be frank and overly honest. But it is not necessary. No one is going to come and kick my ass and I wont be publicly ostracised if I dont like poutine. They wont force spoon it down my throat. Now, lets take a tribe in Africa. In this tribes, people do dances collectively. When it is the time to hunt, it is wrong if you do not join the group in the dance of ... the lion... or some shit like that. The group will be upset if you stay in your corner. They might wonder what is wrong for a while, but they will eventually give up and reject you from the group. When you are in Pakistan and you scream out loud ''this woman just burned a Qur'an''. People will lose their shit, beat the woman to death and burn her alive. If you do not join into the frenzy, you might be considered as an accomplice and burned to death as well. This is an other example where it is considered wrong, by the group, to not join in the collective activity. Notice that when you are in a collective culture, you do not get a reward for conforming to the collective. You only get punished when you dont join in. This is why it is negative reinforcement. In an individualist community, if I am open minded and welcoming to stranger, people will say ''wow, what a great guy''. I might get a few smiles and even a pat on the back if I'm lucky. But I will not get punished if I am not welcoming. Positive reinforcement. I often hear people coming from collectivist culture saying that my country doesn't have a culture. I believe that they say this because they have a difficulty understanding what an individualist culture is. And if Stefan is right, that people who have an IQ under 90 cannot function in a free society, this means that these people will never be able to function outside of a collective. Knowing this, does this help us deal with low IQ migration. I believe it does. We could create fake collectives inside of our borders in which the ''rights and wrongs'' do not infringe upon our liberties. This would provide the migrants with the group think they desperately need to function and ensure the liberties and freedom of the host population. I'm really interested in hearing you guys thoughts on the subject =)

Does the NAP also apply to collectives, as opposed to only individual people? Clarification of "collective": What I mean by a collective is a group formed via voluntary association. My Stance: Yes. My Theory: By choosing who we associate with, we are also choosing to be associated with anyone that the person / entity is known to be associated with. Therefore, by choosing to form / join a collective we are choosing to be at least partially responsible for the consequences of the collective's operations up to - and as of - that point. Test Case 1: Voluntarily Practicing Islam By practicing Islam, Muslims are choosing to associate with rapists, murderers, and pedophiles. Given that this case is an obvious violation of the NAP, I would say the evidence supports the theory.