cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2409929
Everytime I here individualism brought up by someone from Hexbear or Lemmygrad, it gets talked about as if it’s categorically bad and wrong. Why is that?
This goes against everything I’ve learned in the states, where we consider individualism a necessary part of being a responsible and moral person, whereas collectivism strips us of our humanity and turns us into subhuman insectoid creatures incapable of thought.
It’s preached as a reskinned attempt to convince the poor to just keep their heads down and let God take care of everything. Most who preach individualism are full of shit anyways, they are very quick to turn towards chauvinism and nationalism the moment the status quo becomes threatened like we see with libs cheering on Ukraine and their mass conscription.
Bootstraps rhetoric!