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This analysis gets it source material from a project initiated by a British newspaper, Guardian Weekly. This paper encouraged its readership to contact American voters in Clark County, Ohio and Americans responded in writing, "Dear Limey assholes." In evaluating these American comments, it appeared that twenty represented individualistic points of view and fourteen appeared to be collectivists. Ms. Khan identified individualistic type cultures as being competitive. She identified collectivistic cultures as ones that seemed to …

…reader visualize a new perspective. Most individualists appear to insult others, while most collectivists do not appear to evaluate things enough. Breaking through these traits and helping the British visualize their actions in a new way, allowed a patient individualist and a verbose collectivist to communicate through constructive criticism. In the future, I hope to make decisions based on my own circumstances, and then express my choices in ways that others can understand as well.