This is from the reading of Sweet Land of ... Conformity? How is the notion of community in Europe, or the Old World, different from this idea of communal voluntarism?

In the Old World, communities were more commonly imposed

on individuals, and constraining. Traditionally, one was born into

a clan, ethnicity, church, village, or nation and pretty much locked

into it. In the New World, with the noted exception of Indians and

slaves, membership became a matter of free choice and voluntary

commitment.

Explanation:

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