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What you call "extreme individualism" or "ego-centrism", we used to call "self-reliance".
by jemfinch 9y ago
What you call "extreme individualism" or "ego-centrism", we used to call "self-reliance".
- kerbalspacepro 9y agoSelf-reliance is a myth made by conservatives to justify cutbacks to the poor. Nobody in history has been entirely "self-reliant". Even the pioneers of the Americas had an entire support network in the east and for those that lived around them. If they didn't, they died.
- QAkICoU7IDNkpFu 9y agoA conspiracy, if you will... :'D But seriously, you seem to imply it's bad that people plan ahead, for when shit hits the fan, and somehow those people are the bad guys? Maybe that's not what you intended, but it's what you seem to imply.
- jemfinch 9y ago"Self-reliance is a myth made by conservatives to justify cutbacks to the poor" is a myth made by liberals to justify government overreach. No one's arguing that anyone has been entirely self-reliant, let alone that preppers today are. That's just a straw man you're bringing into the conversation. The prepper mindset is simply to be as self-reliant as they can be, even if they can't be entirely self reliant.